Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of patients according to the QKI-5 expresion in the ccRCC patients.
| Low Expresion | High Expresion | Pvalue | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total patients | 224 | (43.66%) | 289 | (56.34%) | |
| Age | |||||
| ≤54 | 72 | (32.14%) | 96 | (33.22%) | 0.613 |
| 54–65 | 74 | (33.04%) | 84 | (29.07%) | |
| >65 | 78 | (34.82%) | 109 | (37.72%) | |
| Gender | |||||
| female | 73 | (32.59%) | 110 | (38.06%) | 0.199 |
| male | 151 | (67.41%) | 179 | (61.94%) | |
| Race | |||||
| No-white | 30 | (13.39%) | 29 | (10.03%) | 0.237 |
| WHITE | 194 | (86.61%) | 260 | (89.97%) | |
| T status | |||||
| T1 | 99 | (44.2%) | 164 | (56.75%) | 0.006 |
| T2 | 26 | (11.61%) | 40 | (13.84%) | |
| T3 | 92 | (41.07%) | 81 | (28.03%) | |
| T4 | 7 | (3.13%) | 4 | (1.38%) | |
| N status | |||||
| n0 | 199 | (88.84%) | 266 | (92.04%) | 0.217 |
| n1 | 25 | (11.16%) | 23 | (7.96%) | |
| M status | |||||
| m0 | 181 | (80.8%) | 250 | (86.51%) | 0.081 |
| m1 | 43 | (19.2%) | 39 | (13.49%) | |
| Grade | |||||
| g1 | 4 | (1.79%) | 9 | (3.11%) | 0.006 |
| g2 | 84 | (37.5%) | 141 | (48.79%) | |
| g3 | 92 | (41.07%) | 109 | (37.72%) | |
| g4 | 44 | (19.64%) | 30 | (10.38%) | |
| LDH | |||||
| elevated | 100 | (44.64%) | 147 | (50.87%) | 0.162 |
| normal | 124 | (55.36%) | 142 | (49.13%) | |
| Serum calcium | |||||
| elevated | 11 | (4.91%) | 7 | (2.42%) | 0.009 |
| low | 98 | (43.75%) | 164 | (56.75%) | |
| normal | 115 | (51.34%) | 118 | (40.83%) | |
| Hemoglobin level | |||||
| elevated | 5 | (2.23%) | 1 | (0.35%) | 0.127 |
| low | 125 | (55.8%) | 158 | (54.67%) | |
| normal | 94 | (41.96%) | 130 | (44.98%) | |
| Platelet cell | |||||
| elevated | 24 | (10.71%) | 16 | (5.54%) | 0.077 |
| low | 21 | (9.38%) | 34 | (11.76%) | |
| normal | 179 | (79.91%) | 239 | (82.7%) | |
| White blood cell | |||||
| elevated | 69 | (30.8%) | 113 | (39.1%) | 0.146 |
| low | 6 | (2.68%) | 6 | (2.08%) | |
| normal | 149 | (66.52%) | 170 | (58.82%) | |