Table 2.

Relation between tumor characteristics and ALPK2 expression in individuals with esophagus cancer.

Features	No. of patients	ALPK2 expression		P value
		Low	High
All patients	157	81	76
Age (years)				0.091
<58	75	44	31
≥58	82	37	45
Gender				0.925
Male	111	57	54
Female	46	24	22
T infiltrate				0.455
T1	2	1	1
T2	29	17	12
T3	86	43	43
Lymphatic metastasis (N)				0.027
N0	67	41	26
N1	48	19	29
N2	2	1	1
Stage				0.029
I	2	1	1
II	73	44	29
III	42	16	26
Grade				0.634
1	45	23	22
2	35	17	18
3	35	20	15