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Table 1 Correlation between GIRK1 gene expression and various clinicopathologic factors in patients with lung cancer

From: G-protein inwardly rectifying potassium channel 1 (GIRK 1) gene expression correlates with tumor progression in non-small cell lung cancer

Variable

GIRK1

p value

 

Low expression (n = 22) (31%)

High expression (n = 50) (69%)

 

Age at surgery (yrs)

   

   ≤60

8 (11 %)

19 (26 %)

 

   >60

14 (20 %)

31 (43 %)

0.90

Sex

   

   Male

17 (24 %)

35 (48 %)

 

   Female

5 (7 %)

15 (21 %)

0.53

Tumor status

   

   T1

10 (14 %)

11 (15 %)

 

   T2

10 (14 %)

25 (35 %)

0.07

   T3

2 (3 %)

14 (19 %)

 

Nodal status

   

   N0

17 (24 %)

26 (36 %)

 

   N1

3 (4 %)

3 (4 %)

0.02

   N2

2 (3 %)

21 (29 %)

 

Stage

   

   IA/IB

16 (22 %)

19 (26 %)

 

   IIA/IIB

4 (6 %)

10 (14 %)

0.02

   III A

2 (3 %)

21 (29 %)

 

Histology

   

   Adenocarcinoma

15 (21 %)

26 (36 %)

 

   Squamous cell carcinoma

6 (8 %)

22 (30 %)

0.40

   Large cell carcinoma

1 (2 %)

2 (3 %)

 
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