Table 1.

Correlation between MEST expression levels and clinicopathological parameters in 90 cases of lung cancer

Variable	n	Low MEST	High MEST	P value
Age (years)
≤ 55	23	11	12
> 55	67	32	35	1.000
Gender
Female	41	23	18
Male	49	20	29	0.203
T-Stage
1/2	67	35	32
3/4	23	8	15	0.226
N-Stage
N0	39	22	17
N1	36	11	25	0.036
M-Stage
M0	89	42	47
M1	1	1	0	0.478
Pathologic stage
Stages I & II	69	33	36
Stages III & IV	21	10	11	1.000

Tumor histology: Lung adenocarcinoma