Table 1.

Relationship between the expression of NOLC1 and the clinicopathological variables of ESCC patients.

Variables	Case number (n = 45)	NOLC1 expression		p-value
		Low (n = 20)	High (n = 25)
Sex				0.601
Male		8	12
Female		12	13
Age (years)				0.743
<60		9	10
≥60		11	15
Tumor size (cm)				0.027
<3		13	8
≥3		7	17
TNM stage				0.033
I + II		11	6
III + Iv		9	19
Lymph node metastasis				0.018
Yes		15	10
No		5	15