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Table 2 Levels of nWASP transcripts in lung tumour tissues

From: Neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (nWASP) is implicated in human lung cancer invasion

Category

N

nWASP level (mean)

SEM

Tumour type

Squamous carcinoma

51

32.6

23

Adenocarcinoma

68

32.1

15.3

Small-cell carcinoma

3

1.615

0.886

Differentiation

High

7

42.8

42.6

Medium High

16

18.84

9.69

Medium

50

45.8

25.1

Medium/low

23

35.5

30.1

Low

16

5.13

3.78

Nodal status

Negative

70

8.37

2.9

Positive

62

62.3

25.7

TNM staging

stage-1

39

3.12

1.33

stage-2

31

32.8

23.4

stage-3

52

48

26.2

Period as smoker

<5 years

2

0.57724

0.0007

5-10 years

6

7

6.39

10-20 years

19

0.521

0.217

20-30 years

29

47.4

30.6

30-40 years

21

49.0

35.9

  1. Mean nWASP transcript expression normalised to actin, SEM and number of patients in category is shown. Expression is presented according to tumour type, level of differentiation, nodal involvement, tumour stage and patient smoking habit