2.
Characteristics | CTC Unit, Median (inter-quartile range) | P |
TNM: tumor-node-metastasis. | ||
Age (year) | ||
≤61 | 15.81 (2.81-39.09) | 0.348 |
> 61 | 14.23 (2.88-46.37) | |
Gender | ||
Male | 14.38 (2.88-46.37) | 0.766 |
Female | 14.11 (2.81-39.09) | |
Smoking status | ||
Current smoking | 14.26 (2.88-46.37) | 0.462 |
Non smoking | 15.81 (2.81-39.09) | |
Grade | ||
Poorly differentiated (G3) | 11.40 (2.89-34.78) | 0.103 |
Well/moderately differentiated (G1/G2) | 15.52 (2.81-46.37) | |
TNM stage | ||
Ⅰ | 15.39 (2.81-39.09) | 0.018 |
Ⅱ | 14.38 (2.88-24.51) | |
Ⅲ-Ⅳ | 21.04 (4.52-44.65) | |
Histopathologic subtype | ||
ADC | 14.82 (2.81-46.37) | 0.690 |
SCC | 14.32 (2.89-44.65) |