Table III.
Clinical significance of Notch 1 protein expression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma cases (n=43).
| Notch 1 protein expression, n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Low | High | χ2 | P-value |
| Sex | 0.036 | >0.05 | ||
| Male | 8 (18.6) | 21 (48.9) | ||
| Female | 5 (11.6) | 9 (20.9) | ||
| Age | 0.054 | >0.05 | ||
| <60 years | 9 (20.9) | 18 (41.9) | ||
| ≥60 years | 4 (9.3) | 12 (27.9) | ||
| Tumor-node-metastasis stage | 6.267 | <0.05 | ||
| I+II | 11 (25.6) | 13 (30.2) | ||
| III+IV | 2 (4.7) | 17 (39.5) | ||
| Fuhrman grade | 7.900 | <0.01 | ||
| 1+2 | 12 (27.9) | 14 (32.6) | ||
| 3+4 | 1 (2.3) | 16 (37.2) | ||
| Tumor size | 4.160 | <0.05 | ||
| <5.0 cm | 7 (17.1) | 7 (17.1) | ||