Table 5.
Correlation of characteristics of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients with serum human epididymis protein 4 levels, n (%)
| Total |
Serum HE4 levels |
P value | ||
| ≤ 3.9 ng/mL | > 3.9 ng/mL | |||
| All cases | 80 | 27 | 53 | |
| Gender | 0.4395 | |||
| Male | 56 (70.0) | 17 (63.0) | 39 (73.6) | |
| Female | 24 (30.0) | 10 (47.0) | 14 (26.4) | |
| Tumor location | 0.6777 | |||
| Upper | 16 (23.8) | 5 (18.5) | 11 (20.8) | |
| Middle | 45 (56.4) | 14 (51.9) | 31 (58.4) | |
| Lower | 19 (23.8) | 8 (29.6) | 11 (20.8) | |
| T grade | 0.0002 | |||
| T1-2 | 21 (26.3) | 14 (51.9) | 7 (13.2) | |
| T3-4 | 59 (73.7) | 13 (48.1) | 46 (86.8) | |
| N stage | 0.0017 | |||
| N0 | 26 (32.5) | 15 (55.6) | 11 (20.8) | |
| N1-2 | 54 (67.5) | 12 (44.4) | 42 (79.2) | |
HE4: Human epididymis protein 4.