TABLE III.

Relationships of epithelial–mesenchymal transition–related molecules with clinical factors in lung adenocarcinoma

Characteristic	Pts (n)	E-Cadherin		p Value	Vimentin		p Value
		Positive	Negative		Positive	Negative
Differentiation				1.000			0.263
Poorly	24	19	5		12	12
Well or moderately	34	27	7		22	12
No information	22	17	5		12	10
TNM stage				0.052			0.007
I–II	22	21	1		18	4
III–IV	58	42	16		28	30
Sex				0.584			0.364
Men	33	25	8		17	16
Women	47	38	9		29	18
Age group				0.066			0.892
≤61 Years	44	38	6		25	19
>61 Years	36	25	11		21	15
Smoking status				0.981			0.286
Yes	21	16	5		10	11
No	59	47	12		36	23
Driving gene mutation				0.312			0.155
EGFR	43	32	11		25	18
ALK	5	3	2		1	4
EGFR and ALK	2	2	0		2	0
Wild type	30	26	4		18	12

Pts = patients.