Table 1.

Correlation between PAX6 expression in tumor tissues and clinicopathologic characteristics of non-small-cell lung cancer patients

Characteristic	Patients	PAX6 expression		P-value
		Low (n = 26)	High (n = 66)
Gender				0.9437
Male	49	14	35
Female	43	12	31
Age (years)				0.6951
<60	36	11	25
≥60	56	15	41
Tumor size (cm)				0.2080
<4	40	14	26
≥4	52	12	40
Primary tumor (T)				0.1813
T1–T2	69	22	47
T3–T4	23	4	19
Tumor stage				0.0006***
I+II	60	24	36
III+IV	32	2	30
Lymph node metastasis				0.0001***
No	38	19	19
Yes	54	7	47

***P < 0.001.