Table V.

Clinicopathologic associations of AURKA expression in lung adenocarcinoma (N=72).

		Relative AURKA expression
Clinical parameters	No. of cases	Low	High	P-value
Age (years)				0.813
>60	39	20	19
≤60	33	16	17
Sex				0.099
Male	37	22	15
Female	35	14	21
Smoking				0.633
Smoker	42	20	22
Non-smoker	20	16	14
Maximum diameter (cm)				0.003
<3	26	19	7
≥3	46	17	29
Lymphatic metastasis				0.002
Positive	41	14	27
Negative	31	22	9
Metastasis				1
M0	68	34	34
M1	4	2	2

AURKA, aurora kinase A.