Table 1.
p-AKT expression levels and clinicopathological features of 99 patients.
| Characteristic | No. of Patients | p-AKT expression |
X2 | P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative + Low | Medium + High | ||||
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 33 | 16 (49) | 17 (51) | 9.393 | 0.002 |
| Male | 66 | 52(79) | 14 (21) | ||
| Age, years | |||||
| ≥60 years | 42 | 31(74) | 11 (26) | 0.890 | 0.345 |
| <60 years | 47 | 37 (65) | 20 (35) | ||
| Disease stage at diagnosis | |||||
| I, II, IIIA | 75 | 51 (68) | 24 (32) | 0.068 | 0.794 |
| IIIB, IV | 24 | 17 (71) | 7 (29) | ||
| Tumor histology | |||||
| Squamous cell | 25 | 21 (84) | 4 (16) | 3.646 | 0.056 |
| Adenocarcinoma | 74 | 47 (64) | 27 (36) | ||
| Smoking Status | |||||
| Current or Former | 44 | 40 (77) | 12 (23) | 3.455 | 0.063 |
| Never | 47 | 28 (60) | 19 (40) | ||