Table 1 Characteristics of patients in apoptosis biomarker protein expression tissue microarray study
From: Biomarkers of apoptosis and survival in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Risk factor | Prevalence of risk factor or clinicopathologic feature (N = 265) |
|---|---|
Gender (male) | 0.66 |
Age (years, median) | 58 |
Tobacco use (yes) | 0.60 |
Alcohol use (daily or weekly) | 0.22 |
Family history of upper gastrointestinal cancer (yes) | 0.27 |
Clinico-pathologic feature | |
Tumor grade | |
I | 0.17 |
II | 0.60 |
III | 0.23 |
IV | 0.004 |
Tumor stage | |
1 | 0.004 |
2 | 0.13 |
3 | 0.86 |
4 | 0.01 |
Lymph node metastasis (yes) | 0.45 |
Degree differentiation (poor) | 0.47 |