Table 2.

LOX expression associated with clinical characteristics (logistic regression).

Clinical characteristics	Total (n)	The odd ratio in LOX expression	p -value
Age (>65 vs. ≤ 65 years)	316	1.05 (0.68–1.64)	0.821
Sex(Male vs. Female)	316	1.18 (0.75–1.85)	0.487
Histological grade
(G3 vs. G1)	209	1.68 (0.36-8.70)	0.505
(G2 vs. G1)	115	0.88 (0.19–4.66)	0.873
(G3 vs. G2)	309	1.98 (1.23–3.20)	0.005
Stage
(IV vs. I)	77	2.17 (0.88–5.50)	0.460
(III vs. I)	180	1.63 (0.81–3.35)	0.690
(II vs. I)	143	1.79 (0.87–3.80)	0.989
T classification
(T4 vs. T1)	102	9.21 (2.36–61.22)	0.004
(T3 vs. T1)	166	6.25 (1.65–40.83)	0.018
(T2 vs. T1)	78	6.30 (1.57–42.41)	0.021
M classification
(M1 vs. M0)	316	1.48 (0.62–3.70)	0.379
N classification
(N3 vs. N0)	164	1.27 (0.68–2.38)	0.461
(N2 vs. N0)	168	0.88 (0.48–1.63)	0.691
(N1 vs. N0)	182	1.00 (0.56–1.79)	0.989

Bold values indicate p < 0.05.