Table 1.

Correlations between ANCR expression in lung biopsies and patients’ clinicopathological data.

Items	Groups	Cases	High-expression	Low-expression	χ2	p Value
Age	>45 (years)	38	17	21	0.89	0.37
	<45(years)	34	19	15
Sex	Males	44	20	24	0.94	0.33
	Females	28	16	12
Smoking	Yes	48	21	27	2.25	0.15
	No	24	15	9
Drinking	Yes	43	20	23	0.52	0.48
	No	29	16	13
Primary tumor diameter	>4 cm	46	20	26	2.17	0.15
	<4 cm	26	16	10
Distant tumor metastasis	Yes	52	21	31	6.92	0.011
	No	20	15	5