Table 1.

Correlation between hepcidin expression and clinicopathological characteristics in TMA of ccRCC (n=80)

Characteristics	Case	Hepcidin expression		X 2	P value
		Low	High
All cases	80	37	43
Age (years)				3.948	0.047*
<60	38	22	16
≥60	42	15	27
Gender				0.002	0.961
Male	56	26	30
Female	24	11	13
Laterality				0.453	0.501
Left	40	20	20
Right	40	17	23
T stage				6.772	0.009**
T1 & T2	53	30	23
T3 & T4	27	7	20
N stage				1.478	0.224
N0	75	36	39
N1	5	1	4
M stage				0.765	0.382
M0	76	36	40
M1	4	1	3
Pathologic stage				6.374	0.012*
I & II	51	29	22
III & IV	29	8	21
WHO grade				0.135	0.713
G1 & G2	45	20	25
G3 & G4	35	17	18

^* P<0.05;

^** P<0.01.