Table 1.

Association between DNMT3B Expression and the Clinicopathological Features of NPC Patients

Feature	Total	DNMT3B		p Value
		Low Expression	High Expression
Age (years)
≥45	77	23	54	0.898
<45	55	17	38
Sex
Male	101	36	65	0.029
Female	31	4	27
Histologic Classification
U	116	36	80	0.840
D	16	4	12
N Category
N0	36	11	25	0.969
N1–3	96	29	67
Metastasis
No	111	39	72	0.004
Yes	21	1	20
Clinical Stage
I+II	72	29	43	0.006
III+IV	60	11	49

NPC, nasopharyngeal carcinoma; U, undifferentiated non-keratinized carcinoma; D, differentiated non-keratinized carcinoma.