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Table 1 HSCC patients’ clinicopathological characteristics and IHC staining for STK33

From: STK33 overexpression in hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: possible role in tumorigenesis

 

N

STK33 IHC scorea

Pvalueb

Age

 <60 years

13

13.69 ± 4.23

0.8988

 ≥60 years

17

14.12 ± 2.98

 

Sex

 Male

28

13.96 ± 3.65

0.8255

 Female

2

13.50 ± 2.12

 

Differentiation c

 Keratinizing

888

12.95 ± 3.36

0.0044*

 Non-keratinzing

552

15.61 ± 3.04

 

Tumor size

 ≤2 cm

23

12.83 ± 3.27

0.0011*

 >2 cm

7

17.57 ± 1.13

 

Clinical stage

 I

9

9.78 ± 2.11

<0.0001*

 II

4

14.25 ± 2.87

 

 III

5

15.60 ± 2.51

 

 IV

12

16.25 ± 2.01

 

Lymph node metastasis

 Negative

24

13.29 ± 3.62

0.048*

 Positive

6

16.50 ± 1.64

 
  1. aSTK33 IHC score showed as mean ± standard deviation.
  2. bMan-Whitney U test for two groups or one-way ANOVA for > two groups.
  3. cThe number was fields of observation by microscope.
  4. *Statistically significant, P < 0.05.