Table 2.
Correlation between LEF1 expression and clinicopathological characteristics in 95 patients
| LEF1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| LEF1 high (57) LEF1 low (38) P valuea | |||
| Sex | |||
| Male | 48 | 30 | 0.598 |
| Female | 9 | 8 | |
| Age (year)b | |||
| > 65 | 16 | 9 | 0.812 |
| ≤ 65 | 41 | 29 | |
| T_grade | |||
| 1 | 11 | 17 | 0.04 |
| 2 | 16 | 9 | |
| 3 | 29 | 11 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | |||
| N0 | 29 | 28 | 0.174 |
| N1 | 15 | 6 | |
| N2 | 10 | 3 | |
| N3 | 3 | 1 | |
| TNM stage | |||
| I | 10 | 21 | < 0.01 |
| II | 22 | 9 | |
| III | 25 | 8 | |
| Death | |||
| yes | 25 | 5 | < 0.01 |
| no | 32 | 33 | |
aStactical signaficance was figrued out by chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test
bData are presented as mean ± S.D