Table 1 Associations between ST3GAL-1 expression and clinicopathological characteristics in patients with ccRCC

Age (years)

0.656

 Mean ± SD

55.0 ± 13.0

54.7 ± 13.6

55.4 ± 11.9

Gender

0.455

 Female

90

57

33

 Male

196

115

81

T stage

0.913

 T1

180

106

74

 T2

24

14

10

 T3

79

50

29

 T4

3

2

1

N stage

1.000

 N0

284

171

113

 N1

2

1

1

M stage

0.102

 M0

273

167

106

 M1

13

5

8

TNM stage

0.334

 I

176

105

71

 II

20

12

8

 III

75

49

26

 IV

15

6

9

Fuhrman nuclear grade grade

0.604

 1

31

19

12

 2

216

127

89

 3

37

24

13

 4

2

2

0

Necrosis

0.652

 Absent

249

151

98

 Present

37

21

16

ECOG PS

0.587

 0

198

117

81

 ≥1

88

55

33