Table 1.

Correlation of HOXA4 expression with patients’ features

Variables	All cases	HOXA4 mRNA		P value
		Low (n=50)	High (n=50)
Age at surgery
<55	41	22	19	0.6845
≥55	59	28	31
Gender
Male	53	24	29	0.4230
Female	47	26	21
Smoking status
Smoker	34	19	15	0.5269
Non-smoker	66	31	35
Tumor size
<5 cm	44	16	28	0.0262*
≥5 cm	56	34	22
TNM stage
I+II	46	16	30	0.0088**
III	54	34	20
Lymphnode metastasis
Absent	60	23	37	0.0076**
Present	40	27	13

Fisher’s exact test; ^*P < 0.05, ^**P < 0.01.