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Table 2 Percentage of samples per positivity of E-cadherin immunoexpression

From: E-cadherin as a potential biomarker of malignant transformation in oral leukoplakia: a retrospective cohort study

  

Scoring positivity

Pearson Chi-square ǂ

 

Groups

0

1

2

3

p-value

E-cadherin expression in epithelial cells (% of samples)

Control

-

-

-

100

0.006*

LR OL

-

-

52.18

47.82

LR OL

-

-

52.18

47.82

0.019*

HR OL

-

12.50

87.50

-

HR OL

-

12.50

87.50

-

0.0001*

 

OCSCC N+

33.34

66.66

-

-

 
  1. ǂPearson Chi-square test, P = 0.0001.
  2. *Represents a statistically significant difference within the paired groups (Pearson Chi-square test). LR OL, low risk oral leukoplakia; HR OL, high risk oral leukoplakia; OCSCC N + , oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma with cervical lymph node metastasis.