Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Patient Population by LEKTI Levels

Characteristic	N (%)	LEKTI Expression (M±SD)	P
Age
<60y	53 (60.2%)	2.233±0.604	0.7665a
≥60y	35 (39.8%)	2.276±0.732
Gender
Male	48 (54.5%)	2.197±0.740	0.4770a
Female	40 (45.5%)	2.297±0.536
Smoking history
No	59 (67%)	2.281±0.581	0.5247a
Yes	29 (33%)	2.186±0.790
Alcohol history
No	68 (77.3%)	2.293±0.609	0.2622a
Yes	20 (22.7%)	2.105±0.788
TNM stage
I/II	43 (48.9%)	2.459±0.559	0.0029a
III/IV	45 (51.1%)	2.05±0.681
Disease site
Tongue	68 (77.3%)	2.294±0.585	0.0733a
Others (cheek, gingiva)	20 (22.7%)	2.10±0.850
Lymph node metastasis
pN0	64 (72.7%)	2.309±0.643	0.1717a
pN1-pN2	24 (27.3%)	2.094±0.672
Pathological differentiation
I	49 (55.7%)	2.345±0.483	0.0408b
II	29 (32.9%)	2.29±0.610
III	10 (11.4%)	1.76±0.533

Note: ^aThe P value was analyzed by two-tailed Student’s t-test. ^bThe P value was analyzed by one-way ANOVA analysis.