Table 1.

Relationship between mRNA expression of both VHL and Jade-1, and age, sex, tumor size, lymph node metastasis and tumor grade in RCC.

Variables	Total number of cases	VHL positive n (%)	VHL negative n (%)	P	Jade-1 positive n(%)	Jade-1 negative n(%)	P
		28 (37.3%)	47 (62.7%)		30 (40.0%)	45 (60.0%)
Age
<=50	29	13	16		12	17
>50	46	15	31	0.3324	18	28	1.0000
Sex
Male	44	16	28		19	25
Female	31	12	19	1.0000	11	20	0.6331
Tumor Size
<=4cm	33	19	14		19	14
>4cm	42	9	33	0.0018	11	31	0.0088
LN metastasis
Yes	35	15	20		8	27
No	40	13	27	0.4734	22	18	0.0053
Tumor Grade
I	15	12	3		13	2
II	25	8	17		9	16
III+IV	35	8	27	0.0005	8	27	0.0001