Table 1.

Correlation of FATS mRNA expression and clinicopathological characteristics of lung cancer patients.

Variables	Low expression	High expression	χ2	P
Sex
Female	29	20	0.104	0.747
Male	65	40
Age
<60	41	28	0.138	0.711
≥60	53	32
Smoking status
Never smoke	29	17	0.111	0.739
Smoke	65	43
Type of resection
Lobectomy	14	8	0.074	0.964
Pneumonectomy	77	50
Bronchial sleeve resection	3	2
Lesion
Peripheral	29	17	0.111	0.739
Central	65	43
Histologic subtype
Squamous cell carcinoma	63	37	0.461	0.497
Adenocarcinoma	31	23
Location of tumour
Left	37	26	0.239	0.625
Right	57	34
Stage
I	23	17	5.240	0.073
II	26	25
III	45	18
T stage
T1	30	11	4.006	0.135
T2	53	43
T3	11	6
N stage
N0	40	27	7.919	0.019
N1	12	17
N2	42	16