Table 2 Correlation of STAT3 protein expression to clinical pathology of patients
From: STAT3 expression correlates with prognosis of thymic epithelial tumors
Feature | N | STAT3 protein expression | Positive rate | χ 2 | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | |||||
Age(year) | 1.359 | >0.05 | ||||
<60 | 59 | 25 | 34 | 42.37% | ||
≥60 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 42.86% | ||
Gender | 0.000 | >0.05 | ||||
Male | 47 | 20 | 27 | 42.55% | ||
Female | 33 | 14 | 19 | 42.42% | ||
WHO histologic subtype | 13.742 | <0.05 | ||||
A | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
AB | 16 | 4 | 12 | 25.00% | ||
B1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40.00% | ||
B2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 44.44% | ||
B3 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40.00% | ||
C | 22 | 16 | 6 | 72.73% | ||
Masaoka | 8.623 | <0.05 | ||||
stage | 33 | 12 | 21 | 36.36% | ||
Stage I | 14 | 4 | 10 | 25.57% | ||
Stage II | 29 | 16 | 13 | 55.17% | ||
Stage III | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% | ||
Stage IV | ||||||
Tumor size, d/cm | 0.235 | >0.05 | ||||
≤5 cm | 18 | 9 | 9 | 50.00% | ||
>5 cm | 62 | 27 | 35 | 43.55% | ||