Table 1.

Correlation between the expression of Fbxw7 and clinicopathological characteristics of the NSCLC patients

Clinicopathological characteristics	Cases (100)	FBXW7 expression		P
		Low (63)	High (37)
Age (y)
<60	50	28	22	.147
≥60	50	35	15
Gender
Male	83	55	28	.853
Female	17	8	9
Tumour size (cm)
≤ 3	26	13	13	.110
>3	74	50	24
TNM tumour stage
I + II	66	37	29	.045*
III + IV	34	26	8
Histology
Adenocarcinoma	62	46	16	.004**
Squamous cell carcinoma	27	10	17
Other	11	7	4
Degree of differentiation
Well	26	18	8	.046*
Moderately	36	17	19
Poorly	38	28	10
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	41	30	11	.079
No	59	33	26
Smoking history
Yes	68	46	22	.161
No	32	17	15

*P < .05; **P < .01.