Table I.
Association between clinicopathological factors and Toll-like receptor 4 expression in non-small cell lung cancer.
| Characteristic | No. of samples | No. of positive samples (%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Histological type | |||
| Benign lung tissues | 49 | 10 (20.4) | <0.001 |
| Lung cancer tissues | 52 | 38 (73.1) | |
| Age (years) | |||
| <60 | 33 | 23 (69.7) | 0.469 |
| ≥60 | 19 | 15 (79.0) | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 30 | 20 (66.7) | 0.224 |
| Female | 22 | 18 (81.8) | |
| Pathology | |||
| Squamous cell carcinoma | 12 | 8 (66.7) | 0.568 |
| Adenocarcinoma | 40 | 30 (75.0) | |
| Histopathological differentiation | |||
| Poor | 19 | 11 (57.9) | 0.158 |
| Moderate | 19 | 15 (78.9) | |
| High | 14 | 12 (85.7) | |
| Tumor size | |||
| T1/T2 | 45 | 33 (73.3) | 0.916 |
| T3/T4 | 7 | 5 (71.4) | |
| Lymph node metastasis | |||
| N0 | 21 | 16 (76.2) | 0.677 |
| N1-2 | 31 | 22 (71.0) | |
| Pathological stage | |||
| I–IIB | 35 | 24 (68.6) | 0.293 |
| IIIA-IIIB | 17 | 14 (82.4) |