Table 1.

The relationships between NSE expression and clinicopathological parameters in SCLC

Characteristics	N	NSE		Χ2	P-value
		High expression	Low expression
Age				0.793	0.373
≥60	30	22	8
<60	38	24	14
Gender				0.048	0.826
Male	42	28	14
Female	26	18	8
Smoking				1.635	0.201
Never-smoker	50	36	14
Smoker	18	10	8
T stage				5.029	0.025*
T1+2	33	18	15
T3+4	35	28	7
N stage				0.006	0.936
No	12	8	4
Yes	56	38	18
M stage				5.921	0.015*
M0	42	26	16
M1	26	20	6
TNM stage				10.76	0.001*
I+II	33	16	17
III+IV	35	30	5