Table 1.

Expression of MEF2D in relation to pathologic and clinical variables

Clinicopathological parameters	N2	MEF2D expression		χ2	P value
		+	-
All	98	71	27
Age (years)				0.038	0.845
<60	56	41	15
≥60	42	30	12
Gender				0.155	0.694
Female	32	24	8
Male	66	47	19
Tumor size				5.567	0.018
<4 cm	70	46	24
≥4 cm	28	25	3
Histological differentiation				4.842	0.028
Well + moderate	64	51	13
Poor	34	20	14
Location				0.092	0.762
Head-neck	63	45	18
Body-tail	35	26	9
Lymph node metastasis				2.592	0.107
Absence	60	40	20
Presence	38	31	7
TNM stage				5.892	0.015
I-II	57	36	21
III-IV	41	35	6
Nerve invasion				0.601	0.438
Yes	35	27	8
No	63	44	19