Table 2.

Clinical baseline data

Characteristics		H-METTL3 N = (30)	L-METTL3 N = (30)	X2/t	P value
Age (years)		52.39 ± 3.81	50.42 ± 4.34	1.868	0.0668
Gender	Male	19	14	1.684	0.1945
	Female	11	16
T stage	T1~ T2	17	24	3.774	0.0521
	T3~ T4	13	6
N stage	N1	8	11	7.807	0.0202
	N2	7	14
	N3	15	5
M stage	M0	7	18	8.297	0.004
	M1	23	12

Tumor-Node-Metastasis Staging : T: Tumor size and/or primary location; N: Lymph node involvement; M: Distant metastasis.