Table 3.

Correlation of STAT family members with tumor grades of NSCLC patients

Gene	Grades	Low (cases)	High (cases)	HR (95% CI)	p-value
STAT1	I	100	101	0.94 (0.66-1.35)	0.75
	II	155	155	0.93 (0.68-1.28)	0.67
	III	38	39	1.14 (0.59-2.2)	0.7
STAT2	I	101	100	1.18 (0.82-1.69)	0.37
	II	156	154	1 (0.73-1.37)	1
	III	38	39	0.78 (0.4-1.51)	0.46
STAT3	I	100	101	0.96 (0.67-1.37)	0.81
	II	155	155	0.95 (0.69-1.3)	0.76
	III	38	39	0.72 (0.37-1.39)	0.32
STAT5A	I	100	101	0.98 (0.69-1.4)	0.92
	II	155	155	0.86 (0.63-1.17)	0.33
	III	38	39	0.56 (0.29-1.08)	0.079
STAT5B	I	100	101	1.22 (0.85-1.75)	0.28
	II	155	155	0.91 (0.66-1.24)	0.55
	III	38	39	0.67 (0.35-1.29)	0.23
STAT6	I	100	101	0.94 (0.66-1.35)	0.76
	II	155	155	0.94 (0.69-1.29)	0.71
	III	38	39	0.67 (0.34-1.29)	0.23

Low/High (cases): low/high expression of the corresponding gene (patient number). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.