Table 1. Relationship between the clinicopathological parameters and expression of MTH1 and NUDT5 proteins (n = 94).

	Total	MTH1		P	Total	NUDT5		P
		low	high			low	high
Age (years)
<65	48	30	18	0.213	48	20	28	0.972
≥65	46	22	24		46	19	27
Gender
Male	70	39	31	0.895	70	27	43	0.347
Female	24	13	11		24	12	12
AJCC stage
I + II	45	30	15	0.040*	45	27	18	0.001*
III + IV	49	22	27		49	12	37
T stage
T1 + T2	15	12	3	0.048*	15	9	6	0.154
T3 + T4	79	40	39		79	30	49
N stage
N0	42	28	14	0.061	80	32	48	0.562
N1 + N2	52	24	28		14	7	7
Differentiation
Well + Moderate	67	41	26	0.108	67	28	39	0.139
Poor	27	11	16		15	11	4
Lymph node metastasis
No	80	41	39	0.081	42	25	17	0.002*
Yes	14	11	3		52	14	38
Vascular invasion
No	90	50	40	1.000	90	39	51	1.000
Yes	4	2	2		2	0	2

Notes:

Fisher’s exact test.

^*P < 0.05.