Table 2.
Characteristic | No. of patients | UCK2 expression | χ2 value | P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
High | Low | ||||
Age, years | |||||
≤55 | 79 | 37 | 42 | 0.481 | .488 |
>55 | 214 | 110 | 104 | ||
Gender | |||||
Male | 250 | 131 | 119 | 3.387 | .066 |
Female | 43 | 16 | 27 | ||
T stage | |||||
IA‐IB | 166 | 63 | 103 | 23.973 | .000 |
IIA‐IIB | 69 | 42 | 27 | ||
IIIA‐IIIB, IV | 52 | 38 | 14 | ||
N stage | |||||
Negative | 198 | 80 | 118 | 18.922 | .000 |
Positive | 93 | 63 | 30 | ||
M stage | |||||
0 | 282 | 141 | 141 | 0.115 | .735 |
1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||
Early recurrencea | |||||
No | 164 | 71 | 93 | 7.103 | .008 |
Yes | 96 | 58 | 38 | ||
Later recurrencea | |||||
No | 164 | 71 | 93 | 0.988 | .320 |
Yes | 18 | 10 | 8 |
Using 2 y as the cut‐off, tumor recurrence was classified as either early recurrence or late recurrence.