Table 3. Association between the DSG2 expression in LUAD tissues and the patients’ clinical characteristics based on the tissue microarray.
| Clinicopathological features | n | DSG2 expression | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | High | ||||
| Tissues | Non-tumor tissues LUAD tissues |
60 62 |
60 33 |
0 29 |
<0.000** |
| Age (years) | <60 ≥60 |
27 35 |
14 19 |
13 16 |
0.849 |
| Gender | Male Female |
32 29 |
10 22 |
22 7 |
<0.001** |
| T | T1 T2-3 |
10 52 |
8 25 |
2 27 |
0.064 |
| N | N0 N1-3 |
31 29 |
21 12 |
10 17 |
0.040* |
| TNM tumor Stage | I-II III-IV |
37 25 |
23 10 |
14 15 |
0.086 |
Notes.
*
p < 0.05.
**
p < 0.01.
- T
- tumor
- N
- node
- TNM
- tumor-node-metastasis