TABLE 1.
Correlation of Snail and E-cadherin expression with the clinicopathologic characteristics of 203 cervical carcinoma patients.
| Variable |
Snail |
E-cadherin |
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| High | Low | p-value | High | Low | p-value | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| <55 | 55 | 34 | 0.843 | 32 | 57 | 0.374 |
| ≥55 | 72 | 42 | 48 | 66 | ||
| FIGO stage | ||||||
| I–II | 60 | 47 | 0.044 | 51 | 56 | 0.011 |
| III–IV | 67 | 29 | 29 | 67 | ||
| Histological grade | ||||||
| Well/moderately differentiated (G1-G2) | 77 | 51 | 0.355 | 55 | 73 | 0.175 |
| Poorly differentiated (G3) | 50 | 25 | 25 | 50 | ||
| Lymph node metastasis | ||||||
| No | 60 | 58 | <0.001 | 68 | 50 | <0.001 |
| Yes | 67 | 18 | 12 | 73 | ||
| Histological type | ||||||
| SCC | 105 | 59 | 0.377 | 64 | 100 | 0.818 |
| other (AD/ASC) | 22 | 17 | 16 | 23 | ||
AD, adenocarcinoma; ASC, adenosquamous cell carcinoma; FIGO, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma. Bold font indicates p-values < 0.05.