Table 3.

Associations of irisin expression level with clinicopathological characteristics in patients with LSCC.

LSCC	p Value (Mann–Whitney U Test)		Mean Value ± SD
Lymph nodes N0 vs. N1 N0 vs. N2–3 N1 vs. N2–3	0.0031 0.0457 0.5101	Lymph nodes N0 N1 N2–3	5.25 ± 2.02 3.41 ± 2.10 4.00 ± 2.68
Tumor size T1–2 vs. T3–4	0.0348	Tumor size T1–2 T3–4	3.00 ± 2.45 3.78 ± 2.58
Stage I vs. II I vs. III–IV II vs. III–IV	0.2785 0.7991 0.0083	Stage I II III–IV	3.46 ± 1.86 2.65 ± 2.52 3.83 ± 2.55
Grade of malignancy G1 vs. G2 G1 vs. G3 G2 vs. G3	0.5354 0.2857 0.4415	Grade of malignancy G1 G2 G3	3.26 ± 2.70 3.45 ± 2.47 3.95 ± 2.64

Abbreviations: LSCC—laryngeal squamous cell cancer; significance in bold.