Table 2.

Correlation between the Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Expression of GSK3β in NPC

Characteristics	n	GSK3β Expression		p Value
		High	Low
Age, years
<50	74	36	38	0.6826
≥50	58	28	30
Sex
Male	101	49	52	0.9578
Female	31	15	16
Clinical stage
I–II	72	44	28	0.0001
III–IV	60	20	40
N stage
N0–N1	36	23	13	0.0144
N2–N3	96	41	55
M stage
M0	130	63	67	0.9346
M1	2	1	1
Recurrence
Yes	60	22	38	0.0022
No	72	42	30

p values were determined by a t test. NPC, nasopharyngeal carcinoma; N stage, node stage; M stage, metastasis.