Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of enrolled oral squamous cell carcinoma patients.

	No LN metastasis group	LN metastasis group	p Value
Sample number	34	20
Age	64.0 ± 11.7	69.0 ± 11.2	0.132
Sex			0.004
Male	21 (61.8%)	20 (100.0%)
Female	13 (38.2%)	0 ( 0.0%)
Current smoker	14 (41.1%)	11 (55.0%)	0.078
Denture use	0 (0%)	3(15.0%)	0.092
T-stage			0.003
I	12 (35.3%)	0 ( 0.0%)
II	12 (35.3%)	6 (30.0%)
III	3 ( 8.8%)	8 (40.0%)
IV	7 (20.6%)	6 (30.0%)

LN: lymph node.