Table 1.

Correlations between homeobox D4 expression with patients’ features

Clinicopathologic features	Cases (n=127)	HOXD4 level		P
		Low (n=59)	High (n=68)
Age (years)
≤50	48	24	24	0.533
>50	79	35	44
Gender
Female	52	21	31	0.253
Male	75	38	37
Tumor size (cm)
≤5.0	45	28	17	0.008*
>5.0	82	31	51
Invasion depth
T1/T2	44	27	17	0.014*
T3/T4	83	32	51
Lymph node
Negative	51	36	15	<0.001*
Positive	76	23	53

*Means P<0.05 by log-rank test. HOXD4: Homeobox D4