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Table 2 Clinical correlation

From: Correlation of NF-κB signal pathway with tumor metastasis of human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Characteristics

Tn

Tm/Lm

df

χ2

P-value

Age(year)*

    

0.5776

Mean

57.7

55.9

   

Std Dev

13.1

11.3

   

Sex

  

1

1.763

0.184

Male

16

21

   

Female

14

9

   

Smoking habit

 

1

2.052

0.152

Yes

6

11

   

No

24

19

   

Alcohol use

  

1

0.287

0.592

Yes

10

12

   

No

20

18

   

Tumor site

  

2

2.400

0.121

Tongue

12

18

   

Other sites

18

12

   

Differentiation

 

1

17.778

0.001

WD

20

4

   

MOD/PD

10

26

   
  1. Abbreviations: PD, poor differentiated; WD, well differentiated; MOD, moderate differentiated.
  2. *P value was obtained using grouped t test, others were obtained using χ2 or Wilcoxon Rank-sum Test for comparison between two groups or more than two groups, respectively.
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