Table 3.
Correlation between the clinicopathological characteristics and BarH‐like homeobox 2 expression in non‐small cell lung carcinoma patients
| Characteristics | N | Barx2 | P‐value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (36) | High (39) | |||
| Age (years) | ||||
| ≤60 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 0.426 |
| >60 | 39 | 17 | 22 | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 47 | 22 | 25 | 0.789 |
| Female | 28 | 14 | 14 | |
| Smoking habit | ||||
| Never | 45 | 22 | 23 | 0.850 |
| Ever | 30 | 14 | 16 | |
| Histological type | ||||
| Adenocarcinoma | 30 | 11 | 19 | 0.257 |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 30 | 16 | 14 | |
| Others | 15 | 9 | 6 | |
| Grade | ||||
| Well | 50 | 24 | 26 | 1.000 |
| Moderate to poor | 25 | 12 | 13 | |
| T stage | ||||
| T1 + T2 | 74 | 36 | 38 | 1.000 |
| T3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| N stage | ||||
| N0 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 0.478 |
| N1 + N2 | 44 | 23 | 21 | |
| TNM stage | ||||
| I + II | 51 | 17 | 34 | <0.001* |
| IIIA | 24 | 19 | 5 | |
| Ki‐67 | ||||
| Low | 42 | 10 | 32 | <0.001* |
| High | 33 | 26 | 7 | |
Total n = 75.