Table 1.
Patient characteristics and univariate analysis
| Factors | No. | 5-year survival (%) | p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, year | |||
| ≤65 | 83 | 45.3% | 0.662 |
| >65 | 35 | 48.8% | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 98 | 49.2% | 0.295 |
| Female | 20 | 35% | |
| Tumor location | |||
| Upper | 17 | 29.4% | 0.034 |
| Middle | 68 | 52.3% | |
| Lower | 33 | 43.7% | |
| Surgical type | 0.107 | ||
| 2-FL | 60 | 52.3% | |
| 3-FL | 58 | 41.1% | |
| Differentiation | |||
| Well | 8 | 87.5 | 0.117 |
| Moderately | 73 | 40.7 | |
| Poorly | 37 | 50.3 | |
| T stage | |||
| T1+ T2 | 60 | 66.1 | 0.000 |
| T3+T4 | 58 | 26.3 | |
| TNM stage | |||
| I | 22 | 85.2 | 0.000 |
| II | 48 | 59.7 | |
| III | 37 | 18.1 | |
| IV | 11 | 13.6 | |
| Beclin-1 | |||
| Positive | 68 | 54.5 | 0.007 |
| Negative | 50 | 35.1 | |
| LC3 | |||
| Positive | 57 | 61.3 | 0.021 |
| Negative | 61 | 33.0 |