Table 1. The relationship between APRIL expression level and clinicopathologic feature.
| Clinicopathologic feature | Cases (n) | APRIL | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low-expression (n=) | High-expression (n=) | |||
| Age | ||||
| ≤60 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 0.5403 |
| >60 | 16 | 7 | 9 | |
| Sex | ||||
| male | 31 | 18 | 13 | 0.1313 |
| female | 17 | 6 | 11 | |
| Grades | ||||
| I-II | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0.2333 |
| III | 10 | 6 | 14 | |
| Pathological Classification | ||||
| adenocarcinoma | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0.3865 |
| squamous cell carcinoma | 16 | 9 | 7 | |
| Lymph-node metastasis | ||||
| With | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0.3638 |
| without | 25 | 12 | 13 | |