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Table 2 Correlation between clinicopathological characteristics and UBE2C protein expression in NPC

From: High expression of ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme 2C (UBE2C) correlates with nasopharyngeal carcinoma progression

Clinical parameters

n

UBE2C expression

χ 2

P-value

high

low

Histological types

     

NPC

91

51

40

26.80

0.0001*

NEH

24

0

24

Smoking

     

Yes

42

24

18

0.038

0.845

No

49

27

22

Gender

     

Male

69

37

32

0.679

0.410

Female

22

14

8

Age

     

≧50

44

22

22

1.263

0.261

< 50

47

29

18

Clinical classification

     

I–II

15

6

9

1.877

0.171

III–IV

76

45

31

T classification

     

T1–T2

31

12

19

5.735

0.017*

T3–T4

60

39

21

N classification

     

N0

19

6

13

5.835

0.016*

N1-N3

72

45

27

M classification

     

M0

77

39

38

5.913

0.015*

M1

14

12

2

  1. * Significance as indicated.