Table 1. Dicer staining and clinicopathological characteristics of 295 renal cancer patients.
| Variables | Dicer staining | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative (%) | Positive (%) | Total | P* | |
| Age | ||||
| ≤ 56 years | 58 (41.7) | 81 (58.3) | 139 | 0.634 |
| > 56 years | 60 (38.5) | 96 (61.5) | 156 | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 70 (35.9) | 125 (64.1) | 195 | 0.059 |
| Female | 48 (48.0) | 52 (52.0) | 100 | |
| Tumor size | ||||
| ≤ 7 cm | 95 (41.7) | 133 (58.3) | 228 | 0.322 |
| > 7 cm | 23 (34.3) | 44 (65.7) | 67 | |
| pT status | ||||
| pT1-pT2 | 94 (39.0) | 147 (61.0) | 241 | 0.539 |
| pT3-pT4 | 24 (44.4) | 30 (55.6) | 54 | |
| pN status | ||||
| N0 | 102 (40.0) | 167 (60.0) | 269 | 0.005 |
| N1-N3 | 16 (80.0) | 4 (20.0) | 20 | |
| pM status | ||||
| M0 | 104 (42.3) | 142 (57.7) | 246 | 0.009 |
| M1 | 7 (87.5) | 1 (12.5) | 8 | |
| TNM stage | ||||
| I | 73 (41.7) | 102 (58.3) | 175 | 0.013 |
| II | 16 (42.1) | 22 (57.9) | 38 | |
| III | 17 (45.9) | 20 (54.1) | 37 | |
| IV | 10 (83.3) | 2 (16.7) | 12 | |
*
Two sided Fisher's exact tests.
Some cases were not available for the information.