Table 1.
Variable | Number of Patients | P value* | |
---|---|---|---|
TRIM44low | TRIM44high | ||
Age, year | |||
< 60 | 36 | 42 | 0.351 |
≥ 60 | 63 | 56 | |
Gender | |||
Male | 49 | 56 | 0.282 |
Female | 50 | 52 | |
Anatomic site | |||
Acra | 48 | 53 | 0.395 |
Trunk | 22 | 26 | |
Other | 29 | 21 | |
Histologic type | |||
Superfical spreading | 27 | 19 | 0.287 |
Nodular | 23 | 18 | |
Acral | 29 | 40 | |
Lentigo maligna | 20 | 21 | |
Ulceration | |||
Present | 15 | 11 | 0.416 |
Absent | 84 | 87 | |
Breslow depth (mm) | |||
≤ 2 | 49 | 64 | 0.025 |
> 2 | 50 | 34 | |
Clark level | |||
I-III | 54 | 53 | 0.948 |
IV-V | 45 | 45 | |
Lymph nodes metastasis | |||
No | 69 | 73 | 0.453 |
Yes | 30 | 25 | |
Distant metastasis | |||
No | 82 | 66 | 0.012 |
Yes | 17 | 32 | |
Clinical stage | |||
I-II | 73 | 51 | 0.002 |
III-IV | 26 | 47 |
Note: A chi-square test was used for comparing groups between low and high TRIM44 expression. *, p < 0.05 was considered significant