Table 4.
Interrelation between Immunoexpression for TNF-α in the Different Education Levels with Clinical Pathological and Socio-Demographic Variables of Patients with SCC from the Patients Treated at Haroldo Juaçaba Hospital (Ceará Cancer Institute).
| ↑ TNF-α e ↓ Education Level | Other Groups | p-Valor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Pathological Variables | |||||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 15 | 60.00% | 35 | 68.60% | 0.456 |
| Females | 10 | 40.00% | 16 | 31.40% | |
| Idade | |||||
| Up to 60 years | 11 | 44.00% | 32 | 62.70% | 0.121 |
| Over 60 years | 14 | 56.00% | 19 | 37.30% | |
| Localization | |||||
| Floor of mouth | 15 | 60.00% | 20 | 39.20% | 0.152 |
| Thongue | 5 | 20.00% | 21 | 41.20% | |
| Others | 5 | 20.00% | 10 | 19.60% | |
| T | |||||
| T1/2 | 6 | 24.00% | 23 | 45.10% | 0.075 |
| T3/4 | 19 | 76.00% | 28 | 54.90% | |
| N | |||||
| N0/1 | 16 | 64.00% | 34 | 66.70% | 0.818 |
| N2/3 | 9 | 36.00% | 17 | 33.30% | |
| M | |||||
| M0 | 24 | 96.00% | 50 | 98.00% | 1 |
| M1 | 1 | 4.00% | 1 | 2.00% | |
| Stage | |||||
| 1 and 2 | 3 | 12.00% | 13 | 25.50% | 0.237 |
| 3 and 4 | 22 | 88.00% | 38 | 74.50% | |
| Histological Gradation | |||||
| Moderately differentiated | 24 | 96.00% | 47 | 92.20% | 0.525 |
| Poorly differentiated | 1 | 4.00% | 4 | 7.80% | |
| Treatment | |||||
| Surgery | 5 | 19.2% | 4 | 8.5% | 0.026 |
| Surgery + RT | 6 | 23.1% | 26* | 55.3% | |
| Surgery + RT + QT | 15* | 57.7% | 17 | 36.2% | |
| Sociodemographic Factors | |||||
| Education Level | |||||
| Illiterate/incomplete primary school | 25 | 100.0% | 48 | 94.1% | 0.216 |
| Completed primary school/High school/Higher education | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 5.9% | |
| Convenat | |||||
| Plubic Health System | 19 | 76.0% | 42 | 82.4% | 0.513 |
| Private Health System | 6 | 24.0% | 9 | 17.6% | |
| Race | |||||
| Mixed | 10 | 40.0% | 15 | 29.4% | 0.356 |
| No-Mixed | 15 | 60.0% | 36 | 70.6% | |
| Origin | |||||
| Metropolitan Region | 16 | 64.0% | 39 | 76.5% | 0.253 |
| Countryside | 9 | 36.0% | 12 | 23.5% | |
| Marital Status | |||||
| With marriage bond | 10 | 40.0% | 20 | 39.2% | 0.507 |
| Without marriage bond | 5 | 20.0% | 16 | 31.4% | |
| Habits | 10 | 40.0% | 15 | 29.4% | |
*p<0.05. x2 or fisher exact test; Data expressed as absolute frequency and percentage