Table 1.

Correlations between CTHRC1 levels in ESCC tissues and clinicopathological characteristics of patients with ESCC

Characteristic		CTHRC1 expression		P
		Low	High
Age	≤60	49	67	0.128
	>60	28	60
Gender	Male	62	106	0.593
	Female	15	21
Tobacco use	No	27	45	0.957
	Yes	50	82
Alcohol use	No	30	46	0.695
	Yes	47	81
Family history	No	65	106	0.858
	Yes	12	21
Location	Upper/Middle	39	60	0.637
	Lower	38	67
Histology grade	G1/G2	59	94	0.677
	G3	18	33
T stage	T1/T2/T3	44	54	0.043
	T4	33	73
Lymph node metastasis	No	49	60	0.023
	Yes	28	67
TNM stage	I/II	39	44	0.024
	III	38	83
FRA-1	Low	22	28	0.116
	High	45	97
Snail1	Low	39	53	0.100
	High	33	73
MMP14	Low	45	58	0.022
	High	26	67
Cyclin D1	Low	53	66	0.018
	High	24	61

χ 2test was used. P value was italicized when P < 0.05

CTHRC1 Collagen triple helix repeat containing-1 (CTHRC1); FRA-1 Fos-related antigen 1