Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 acts as a promising biomarker in clear cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

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Table 1 Baseline characteristic

Characteristic		Patients		Tumoral CDK5 expression			Tumoral p21 expression
Characteristic		n	%	Low	High	P-value	Low	High	P-value
All patients		150	100	83	67		97	53
Gender						0.661			0.289
	Male	107	71.3	58	49		72	35
	Female	43	28.7	25	18		25	18
Age (years)						0.624			0.356
	≤55	66	44	38	28		40	26
	> 55	84	56	45	39		57	27
TNM stage						0.042			0.172
	I + II	138	92	73	65		88	50
	III + IV	12	8	10	2		10	2
pT stage						0.066			0.435
	T1 + T2	139	92.7	74	65		89	50
	T3 + T4	11	7.3	9	2		8	3
pN stage						0.439			0.279
	N0	147	98	82	65		96	50
	N1	3	2	1	2		1	2
pM stage						___			___
	M0	150	100	84	66		97	53
	M1	0	0	0	0		0	0
Fuhrman grade						0.035			0.026
	I + II	108	72	54	54		64	44
	III + IV	42	28	29	13		33	9
Tumor size (cm)						0.250			0.393
	≤4	75	50	45	30		51	24
	> 4	75	50	38	37		46	29

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