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Table 1 Correlation between the Foxp3 expression and clinicopathological characteristics of OSCC

From: Foxp3 overexpression in tumor cells predicts poor survival in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Clinical pathological feature

N

Expression of Foxp3

 

Stain value = 1

Stain value = 2

Stain value = 3

P Value

N = 99

N = 106

N = 68

Age

    

0.65

 <60

133

51 (38.3 %)

49 (36.9 %)

33 (24.8 %)

 

 ≥60

140

48 (34.3 %)

57 (40.7 %)

35 (25.0 %)

 

Sex

    

0.29

 Male

188

63 (33.5 %)

74 (39.4 %)

51 (27.1 %)

 

 Female

85

36 (42.4 %)

32 (37.6 %)

17 (20.0 %)

 

Smoking

    

0.84

 Yes

132

47 (35.6 %)

50 (37.9 %)

35 (26.5 %)

 

 No

141

52 (36.9 %)

56 (39.7 %)

33 (23.4 %)

 

Drinking

    

0.47

 Yes

131

45 (34.4 %)

49 (37.4 %)

37 (28.2 %)

 

 No

142

54 (38.0 %)

57 (40.1 %)

31 (21.9 %)

 

Differentiation

    

0.30

 High

200

73 (36.5 %)

82 (41.0 %)

45 (22.5 %)

 

 Medium

64

23 (35.9 %)

22 (34.4 %)

19 (29.7 %)

 

 Low

9

3 (33.3 %)

2 (22.2 %)

4 (44.5 %)

 

Tumor site

    

0.23

 Gingiva

52

16 (30.8 %)

19 (36.5 %)

17 (32.7 %)

 

 Tongue

131

50 (38.1 %)

47 (35.9 %)

34 (26.0 %)

 

 Buccal

61

26 (42.6 %)

24 (39.4 %)

11 (18.0 %)

 

 Othersa

29

7 (24.1 %)

16 (55.2 %)

6 (20.7 %)

 

T stage

    

0.63

 T1-T2

186

68 (36.5 %)

74 (39.8 %)

44 (23.7 %)

 

 T3-T4

87

31 (35.6 %)

32 (36.8 %)

24 (27.6 %)

 

N stage

    

0.000***

 N0

183

73 (39.9 %)

82 (44.8 %)

28 (15.3 %)

 

 N1-N3

90

26 (28.9 %)

24 (26.7 %)

40 (44.4 %)

 

Clinical Stage

    

0.09

 I-II

142

55 (38.8 %)

59 (41.5 %)

28 (19.7 %)

 

 III-IV

131

44 (33.6 %)

47 (35.9 %)

40 (30.5 %)

 
  1. Stain value = 1, low level of Foxp3 expression; Stain value = 2, medium level of Foxp3 expression; Stain value = 3, high levels of Foxp3 expression
  2. aOthers included include hard palate, oropharynx and lips
  3. P value was determined using the Linear-by-Linear Association test. *,P<0.05;**, P<0.01;***, P<0.001