Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the patients with NPC stratified by NOTCH2 expression

	NOTCH2 expression		Total	P-value
	Low (n = 64)	High (n = 53)
Age, years				0.462
< 50	44	33	77
≥ 50	20	20	40
Sex				0.567
Male	50	39	89
Female	14	14	28
HBV				0.625
Positive	61	52	113
Negative	3	1	4
Metastasis				< 0.001
No	17	47	64
Yes	47	6	53

P-values were calculated using the chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test; significance was defined as P-values of < 0.05. HBV, Hepatitis B virus