Table 2.

Expression levels of FAT1 in OSCC samples with different clinical and pathological characteristics.

Characteristics	Tumor center				Tumor front
	Cases	FAT1+	FAT1-	P value	cases	FAT1+	FAT1-	P value
Tumor	118	65	53	<0.0001	107	67	40	<0.0001
Normal	116	3	113	****	116	3	113	****
Gender	117				106
Female	37	20	17	0.8245	32	20	12	0.9209
Male	80	45	35		74	47	27
Age	117				106
Less than 55	53	35	18	0.0379	44	34	10	0.0114
55 and up	64	30	34	*	62	33	29	*
Tumor stage	116				105
T1	16	7	9	0.7127	17	9	8	0.1758
T2	34	18	16		31	16	15
T3	21	12	9		17	11	6
T4	45	27	18		40	30	10
Differentiation	117				106
Poorly	11	9	2	0.1914	11	10	1	0.0203
Moderately	70	36	34		64	34	30	*
Highly	36	20	16		31	23	8
Metastasis	117				106
Yes	76	35	41	0.0063	71	40	31	0.0532
No	41	30	11	**	35	27	8
Depth of invasion	100				90
above median	50	30	20	0.4214	44	30	14	0.124
less than median	50	25	25		46	23	23
Extranodal extension	96				86
Negative	78	41	37	0.2106	71	42	29	0.8025
Positive	18	13	5		15	10	5
Perineural invasion	102				92
Negative	63	30	33	0.0535	57	30	27	0.1173
Positive	39	27	12		35	25	10
Tumor budding	102				92
Negative	78	38	40	0.0168	72	40	32	0.1898
Positive	24	19	5	*	20	15	5

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ****P < 0.0001.