Table 1.

Correlation between MEOX1 expression and clinicopathological parameters in 165 lung cancer cases

	Total MEOX1 staining				MEOX1 nuclear staining
	negative	positive	p- value		negative	positive	p-value
Gender (Male: Female)	43:11	77:34	0.165		59:17	61:28	0.191
Age	62.9±8.0	63.2±10.2	0.836		62.9±9.0	63.3±10.0	0.802
Type			0.000				0.000
Squamous cell carcinoma	35	40			47	28
Adenocarcinoma carcinoma	19	71			29	61
Tumor size(cm)			0.902				0.420
< 5	37	75			54	58
> 5	17	36			22	31
Depth of invasion			0.801				0.833
T1+T2	45	95			64	76
T3+T4	9	16			12	13
Lymph node involvement			0.001				0.000
N0	37	45			49	33
N1+N2	17	66			27	56
Distant metastasis			0.321				0.910
M0	54	109			75	88
M1	0	2			1	1
Grade			0.725				0.566
Ⅰ+Ⅱ	40	85			56	69
Ⅲ+Ⅳ	14	26			20	20
Stage			0.008				0.001
Ⅰ+Ⅱ	38	54			53	39
Ⅲ+Ⅳ	16	57			23	50