Table 1 Correlations of WNT5A and SNAIL expression with the clinicopathological characteristics of patients with ESCC.
Clinicopathological variables | n | WNT5A expression | SNAIL expression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | High | P value | Low | High | P value | ||
Age | 0.480 | 0.795 | |||||
<60 | 45 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 24 | ||
≥60 | 100 | 47 | 53 | 49 | 51 | ||
Gender | 0.752 | 0.289 | |||||
Female | 26 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 11 | ||
Male | 119 | 59 | 60 | 55 | 64 | ||
Smoking history | 0.293 | 0.398 | |||||
Never | 57 | 31 | 26 | 30 | 27 | ||
Ever | 88 | 40 | 48 | 40 | 48 | ||
Tumor size | 0.724 | 0.127 | |||||
<5 cm | 49 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 21 | ||
≥5 cm | 96 | 46 | 50 | 42 | 54 | ||
TNM stages | 0.038 | 0.025 | |||||
I–II | 71 | 41 | 30 | 41 | 30 | ||
III–IV | 74 | 30 | 44 | 29 | 45 | ||
Tumor invasion | 0.832 | 0.316 | |||||
T1–T2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | ||
T3–T4 | 132 | 65 | 67 | 62 | 70 | ||
Lymphatic invasion | 0.023 | 0.005 | |||||
N0 | 78 | 45 | 33 | 46 | 32 | ||
N1–N3 | 67 | 26 | 41 | 24 | 43 | ||
Differentiation | 0.727 | 0.533 | |||||
Well and moderate | 128 | 62 | 66 | 63 | 65 | ||
Poorly and not | 17 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | ||