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Table 2 Relationship between NKD1expression and the clinicopathological factors in patients with NSCLC

From: Down-regulation of NKD1 increases the invasive potential of non-small-cell lung cancer and correlates with a poor prognosis

Clinicopathological factors

n

Normal expression

Reduced expression

X2

P-value

Age(yr)

     

<58

55

13

42

0.191

0.662

≥58

45

9

36

  

Gender

     

Male

63

15

48

0.325

0.569

Female

37

7

30

  

Histology

     

SCC

33

13

20

8.684

0.003

AC

67

9

58

  

Differentiation

     

Well to moderate

50

17

33

8.392

0.004

Poor

50

5

45

  

pTNM staging

     

I-II

44

16

28

9.447

0.002

III-IV

56

6

50

  

Lymph node metastasis

     

No

45

15

30

6.124

0.013

Yes

55

7

48

  
  1. SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; AC, Adenocarcinoma; pTNM staging, pathological TNM staging.
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