Table 1. Correlation between clinic-pathological parameters of patients enrolled.

Clinical characteristics	No.of patients (n = 112)	TIP-B1 low (n=56)	TIP-B1 high (n=56)	P value a
Age (years)				0.703
≤60	48	25	23
>60	64	31	33
Gender				0.001*
Male	61	22	39
Female	51	34	17
Tumor size				0.033*
≤4cm	69	40	29
>4cm	43	16	27
Laterality				0.449
Left	54	25	29
Right	58	31	27
Fuhrman grade				0.037*
G1-2	59	35	24
G3-4	53	21	32
T stage				0.031*
I-II	71	41	30
III-VI	41	15	26
Metastasis				0.019*
No	94	52	42
Yes	18	4	14

* statistically significant (p <0.05)

^a p value from Chi-square test