Table 1.

Correlation between hnRNPK expression and clinicopathologic characteristics of lung cancer patients

		hnRNPK expression		Chi-square test
Characteristics	n	Low or none No. cases (%)	High No. cases (%)	p value	χ2
Gender
Male	51	13	38	0.592	0.431
Female	43	11	32
Age
≤ 55	22	10	12	0.756	0.097
> 55	72	15	57
Clinical Stage				0.000*	27.180
I + II	59	16	43
III + IV	35	9	26
T classification				0.000*	50.255
T1 + T2	71	19	52
T3 + T4	23	5	18
M classification
M0	92	22	70	0.000*	1.000
M1	2	0	2
N classification				0.000*	32.316
N0	39	11	28
N1	55	13	42
Vital status (at follow-up)				1.000	0.442
Alive	24	7	17
Death	70	17	53
Tumor size (cm)				0.000*	78.340
≤ 5	82	21	61
> 5	12	4	8