Table 1.

Correlations between GIT1 levels and clinical characteristics in HNSCC patients.

Clinical characteristics	Number of cases	GIT1 expression		p value
	n = 88	Low (n = 39)	High (n = 49)
Age (years)				0.275
>65	35	18	17
≤65	53	21	32
Gender				0.094
Male	58	22	36
Female	30	17	13
Tumor size				0.906
T1/2	40	18	22
T3/4	48	21	27
Smoking				0.516
Yes	28	11	17
No	60	28	32
Drinking				0.740
Yes	31	13	18
No	57	26	31
Pathological grade				0.027∗
I-II	29	31	28
II-III	29	8	21
Nodal status				0.008∗∗
N0	38	23	15
≥N1	50	16	34

^∗ p < 0.05, ^∗∗p < 0.01 the difference is significant. LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; IPI: international prognostic index.