Table 2 Association between CTMP expression and various clinicopathological features of 119 HNSCC patients.

From: Carboxyl-Terminal Modulator Protein Positively Acts as an Oncogenic Driver in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma via Regulating Akt phosphorylation

Variables

No. of patients

CTMP expression

Low

High

P

Age (year)

   

1.000

 <65

63

45

18

 ≥65

56

40

16

Gender

   

1.000

 Male

105

75

30

 Female

14

10

4

T stage

   

0.024*

 I + II

66

53

13

 III + IV

53

32

21

LN metastasis

   

0.000*

 No

60

54

6

 Yes

59

31

28

AJCC stage

   

0.000*

 I + II

41

39

2

 III + IV

78

46

32

Histological grade

   

0.382

 Well

33

26

7

 Moderate

56

40

16

 Poor

30

19

11

  1. CTMP, Carboxyl-terminal modulator protein; LN, lymph node; AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer. *P < 0.05 between the two categories for a given variable.