Table 1.

Analysis of correlation between TIGAR or Met protein level and clinic parameters in 72 patients with NSCLC

Protein name		TIGAR					Met
Characteristics	All cases	Low	High	P-value		All cases	Low	High	P-value
Participants	72	35	37			72	49	23
Age				0.7538					0.3726
< 65	46	23	23			46	33	13
≥65	26	12	14			26	16	10
Sex				0.5040					0.4921
Female	26	14	12			26	19	7
Male	46	21	25			46	30	16
TNM stage				0.0190					0.0012
I	29	20	9			29	27	2
II	18	8	10			18	11	7
III	14	5	9			14	7	7
IV	11	2	9			11	4	7
Nodes metastasis				0.0005					0.0001
N0	45	29	16			45	38	7
N1–3	27	6	21			27	11	16
Distant metastasis				0.0283					0.0143
M0	61	33	28			61	45	16
M1	11	2	9			11	4	7
Cancer progression				0.0260					0.0625
No	33	18	15			33	24	9
Yes	21	5	16			21	10	11