Table 1 Correlation between PEDF and clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with NPC

From: Deficiency of pigment epithelium-derived factor in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells triggers the epithelial–mesenchymal transition and metastasis

  

PEDF expression level

 

Characteristic

Number

Positive

Negative

P -value

T stage

   

0.018

 T1–2

99

12 (12.1%)

87 (87.9%)

 

 T3–4

119

4 (3.3%)

115 (96.7%)

 

N stage

   

0.292

 N0–1

132

12 (9.1%)

120 (90.9%)

 

 N2–3

86

4 (4.7%)

82 (95.3%)

 

Clinical staging

   

0.045

 I–II

68

9 (13.2%)

59 (86.8%)

 

 III–IV

150

7 (4.7%)

143 (95.3%)

 
  1. P<0.05 were presented in bold and italic.
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