A novel function for vimentin: the potential biomarker for predicting melanoma hematogenous metastasis

Table 1 Correlation of vimentin expression with clinicopathologic features of 70 primary melanoma patients

Patients Characteristics	Factors	n	vimentin expression		χ²	p value
(N = 70)			low	high
Age(y)	< 60	43	21	22	0.128	0.808
	≥60	27	12	15
Gender	Male	43	15	12	1.248	0.328
	Female	27	18	25
Location	Cutaneous	45	22	23	0.154	0.804
	Extra-cutaneous	25	11	14
TNM Stage	I	16	10	6	2.145	0.342
	II	24	11	13
	III	30	12	18
Lymph node metastasis	positive	28	12	16	0.344	0.629
	negative	42	21	21
Hematogenous metastasis	positive	29	8	21	7.599	0.008*
	negative	41	25	16

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