Table 2 Correlation between NQO1 expression and clinicopathological features of NSCLC
From: NQO1 protein expression predicts poor prognosis of non-small cell lung cancers
Variables | Case no. | NQO1 positive(+ ~ ++) | NQO1 strongly positive(++) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | Pvalue | n (%) | Pvalue | ||
Gender | 0.579 | 0.570 | |||
 Male | 112 | 65(58.04) | 30(26.79) | ||
 Female | 38 | 24(63.16) | 12(31.58) | ||
Age | 0.541 | 0.914 | |||
 ≧60 | 99 | 57(57.58) | 28(28.28) | ||
 <60 | 51 | 32(62.75) | 14(27.45) | ||
Tumor size | 0.567 | 0.005** | |||
 T1-2 | 119 | 72(60.50) | 27(22.69) | ||
 T3-4 | 31 | 17(54.84) | 15(48.39) | ||
Stage | 0.013* | 0.003** | |||
 I-II | 98 | 51(52.04) | 23(23.47) | ||
 III-IV | 52 | 38(73.08) | 19(36.54) | ||
Differentiation | 0.085 | 0.012* | |||
 Well | 34 | 15(44.12) | 9(26.47) | ||
 Moderately | 89 | 54(60.67) | 28(31.46) | ||
 Poorly | 27 | 20(74.07) | 15(55.56) | ||
LN metastasis | 0.039* | 0.000** | |||
 Negative Positive | 96 | 51(53.13) | 15(15.63) | ||
54 | 38(70.37) | 27(50.00) | |||