TABLE 1.

Relationship between MIF expression and clinical pathological factors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Clinical indicators	Total	Low scoring	High scoring	c2	P
Age
≥55 years old	41	22	19	0.003197	0.6184
<55 years old	39	16	23	—	—
Gender
Male	56	29	27	0.004797	0.5415
Female	24	9	15	—	—
Stage
Ⅰ-Ⅱ	51	32	19	0.2502	<0.0001****
Ⅲ-IV	29	6	23	—	—
Lymph nodes
L (−)	15	11	4	0.1642	0.0002***
L (+)	65	27	38	—	—
Prognosis
Dead	36	12	24	0.1143	0.0022**
Alive	44	26	18	—	—
Metastasis
M (+)	3	0	3	0.07019	0.0175*
M (−)	77	38	39	—	—

*p value below 0.05 was considered statistically significant.