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Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with NSCLC classified according to ILK

From: Increased expression of integrin-linked kinase is associated with shorter survival in non-small cell lung cancer

Characteristic

Expression of ILK

P-value

 

weak or none (n = 93)

strong (n = 41)

 

Age

   

MEAN ± SD

64.6 ± 11.0

64.5 ± 9.3

0.3412

Gender

   

Male

57

31

 

Female

36

10

0.1077

Histology

   

Adenocarcinoma

54

21

 

Squamous cell ca.

37

17

 

Large cell ca.

2

3

0.4771

Tumor grade

   

Well differentiated

38

9

 

Mode differentiated

37

15

 

Poorly differentiated

18

17

0.0169

T status

   

T1

34

6

 

T2

49

20

 

T3

10

15

0.0006

Nodal status

   

N0

69

18

 

N1

7

1

 

N2

17

22

0.0002

Stage

   

Ia/Ib

62

11

 

IIa/IIb

14

7

 

IIIa

17

23

<0.0001

Lymphatic invasion

   

Negative

42

15

 

Positive

51

26

0.3548

Vascular invasion

   

Negative

56

19

 

Positive

37

22

0.1360

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