Table 2.
Correlation between DEPDC1 expression and clinicopathologic characteristics of OSCC patients.
| Characteristics DEPDC1 | DEPDC1 expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Low no. cases | High no. cases | p value | |
| Age | |||
| <60 | 10 | 6 | 0.204 |
| ≥60 | 11 | 15 | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 17 | 20 | 0.153 |
| Female | 4 | 1 | |
| Lymphatic metastasis | |||
| Yes | 2 | 8 | 0.030 |
| No | 19 | 13 | |
| Blood glucose (mmol/L) | |||
| Normal | 18 | 16 | 0.432 |
| High | 3 | 5 | |
| TNM stage | |||
| stage I | 18 | 10 | 0.032 |
| stage II | 1 | 3 | |
| stage III | 2 | 8 | |
P values were calculated using chi-square test. Bold numbers indicate significant differences (P < 0.05). OSCC oral squamous cell carcinoma, TNM tumor-node-metastasis.