Table 4 Clinicopathological characteristics by OV6 and PRMT1 expression

From: PRMT1 regulates the tumour-initiating properties of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma through histone H4 arginine methylation coupled with transcriptional activation

OV6/PRMT1 expression

 
 

Both high (51)

High-PRMT1 Low-OV6 (20)

High-OV6 Low-PRMT1 (11)

Both Low (13)

P valuea

Sex

Male

43

16

9

10

0.909

Female

8

4

2

3

 

Age (years) b

>65

13

5

3

4

0.938

≤65

38

15

8

9

 

T grade

1

10

9

3

6

0.005

2

11

8

5

1

 

3

29

2

3

6

 

4

1

1

0

0

 

Lymph node metastasis

N0

25

15

6

11

0.437

N1

13

3

4

1

 

N2

9

2

1

1

 

N3

4

0

0

0

 

TNM stage

I

10

12

4

7

0.018

II

17

5

4

4

 

III

24

3

3

2

 

Death

yes

25

4

1

0

<0.001

no

26

16

10

13

 
  1. aStatistical significance was determined by chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test for categorical/binary measures and by ANOVA for continuous measures
  2. bData are presented as the mean ± S.D
  3. The bold figure in tables means p-value is significant
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