Table 1 Relationship between clinicopathologic parameters and MEP1A or E-cadherin protein expression (n = 88)

Age

 <65

31

13

18

16

15

 ≥65

57

24

33

0.988^a

39

18

0.120^a

Gender

 Male

46

18

28

29

17

 Female

42

19

23

0.562^a

26

16

0.912^a

Location

 Right

37

15

22

21

16

 Others

51

22

29

0.808^a

34

17

0.343^a

Tumor size (cm)

 <5

47

25

22

31

16

 ≥5

41

12

29

0.023*^a

24

17

0.473^a

AJCC stage

 I + II

52

27

25

26

26

 III + IV

36

10

26

0.024*^a

29

7

0.004*^a

T stage

 T1 + T2

9

7

2

6

3

 T3 + T4

79

30

49

0.032*^b

49

30

1.000^b

N stage

 N0

54

30

24

29

25

 N1 + N2

34

7

27

0.001*^a

26

8

0.032*^a

M stage

 M0

86

37

49

53

33

 M1

2

0

2

0.507^b

2

0

0.526^b

Differentiation

 Well + Moderate

78

35

43

51

27

 Poor

10

2

8

0.182^b

4

6

0.167^b

Vascular invasion

 No

84

37

47

51

33

 Yes

4

0

4

0.135^b

4

0

0.292^b