TABLE 4.

Association between MYOF expression and clinicopathological characteristics in 50 nasopharyngeal carcinoma cases.

Item	Number	MYOF		P-value
		Low (0-4)	High (5-8)
Gender				P = 0.374
Male	28	13	15
Female	22	13	9
Age(y)				P = 0.441
≥50	27	17	10
<50	23	12	11
Primary tumor(T) stages				P = 0.395
T1-2	23	10	13
T3-4	27	15	12
Lymph nodes metastasis				P = 0.006**
N0	22	14	8
N1-N3	28	7	21
Distant metastasis				P = 0.003**
M0	31	20	11
M1	19	4	15

**p < 0.01 determined by χ²-test, N0 vs. N1-3, and M0 vs.M1.