Table 1.

Expression of EMT markers in Kazakh's ESCC and normal adjacent tissue (NAT)

Item	Type	Positive (%)	Negative (%)	P
TGF-β1	ESCC	62 (86.0)	10 (14.0)	0.000*
	NAT	29 (39.0)	43 (61.0)
E-cadherin	ESCC	29 (40.3)	43 (59.7)	0.000*
	NAT	52 (72.2)	20 (27.8)
Vimentin	ESCC	40 (55.6)	32 (44.4)	0.007*
	NAT	27 (37.5)	45 (62.5)

*P < 0.05.