Table 1.

Baseline characteristics and clinicopathological stage.

		RUNX3 expression		P value
		High (n)	Low (n)
Age (y)a		66.5 ± 10.5	64.7 ± 10.9	0.93
Gender	Male/female	6/4	15/11	0.90
UICC stage	IA	0	2	0.65
	IB	0	0
	IIA	6	15
	IIB	4	9
	III	0	0
	IV	0	0
pT	1	0	2	0.37
	2	0	0
	3	10	24
	4	0	0
pN	0	6	17	0.76
	1	4	9
Histological grade	G1	3	10	0.29
	G2	7	12
	G3	0	4
R	0	9	24	0.82
	1	1	2

^aValues are means ± SD.