Table 1.
Relationship between NCAPH expression and clinicopathological parameters.
| Parameters | NCAPH Expression | p Value ** | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low (%) | High (%) | ||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 62 (69.7) | 27 (30.3) | |
| Female | 44 (83) | 9 (17) | 0.1099 |
| Age | |||
| ≤65 | 74 (76.3) | 23 (23.7) | |
| >65 | 32 (71.1) | 13 (28.9) | 0.5380 |
| Site | |||
| Tongue | 35 (67.3) | 17 (32.3) | |
| Other | 71 (78.9) | 19 (21.1) | 0.1612 |
| Smoking | |||
| No | 43 (81.1) | 10 (18.9) | |
| Yes | 63 (70.8) | 26 (29.2) | 0.2315 |
| Alcohol drinking | |||
| No | 30 (69.8) | 13 (30.2) | |
| Yes | 76(76.8) | 23 (23.2) | 0.4055 |
| Histological differentiation * | |||
| Well | 65 (79.3) | 17 (20.7) | |
| Moderately, Poorly | 41 (68.3) | 19 (31.7) | 0.1724 |
| T classification | |||
| T1-T3 | 73 (78.5) | 20 (21.5) | |
| T4 | 33 (67.3) | 16 (32.7) | 0.1601 |
| Clinical stage | |||
| I-II | 64 (79) | 17 (21) | |
| IV | 42 (68.9) | 19 (31.1) | 0.1787 |
| Nodal metastasis | |||
| Negative | 73 (82) | 16 (18) | |
| Positive | 33 (62.3) | 20 (37.7) | 0.0159 |
| Vascular infiltration | |||
| Negative | 96 (77.4) | 28 (22.6) | |
| Positive | 10 (55.6) | 8 (44.4) | 0.0775 |
| Lymphovascular infiltration | |||
| Negative | 91 (79.8) | 23 (20.2) | |
| Positive | 15 (53.6) | 13 (46.4) | 0.0071 |
| Perineurial invasion | |||
| Negative | 84 (75.7) | 27 (24.3) | |
| Positive | 22 (71) | 9 (29) | 0.6426 |
Relationship between expression of NCAPH and parameters were calculated by Fisher’s exact test. T classification and clinical stage were classified according to the TNM classification. * Histological differentiation: Well, well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma; Modrately, moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma; Poorly, poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. ** p value < 0.05 was regarded as statistically significant.