Table II.

Association of PFKP expression with the clinicopathological parameters of patients.

		PFKP expression
Clinicopathological parameters	No. of cases	High	Low	P-value
Sex				0.182
Male	50	28	22
Female	34	14	20
Age (years)				0.382
<60	44	24	20
≥60	40	18	22
Tumor size (cm)				0.374
<3	34	15	19
≥3	50	27	23
Lymph node metastasis				0.009a
No	40	14	26
Yes	44	28	16
Histological grade				<0.001b
I	38	10	28
II–III	46	32	14

Data were assessed by χ² test.

^aP<0.01

^bP<0.001 vs. high PFKP expression group. PFKP, platelet isoform of phosphofructokinase.