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Table 1 Correlation of HO-1 expression with clinicopathological features of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

From: Implication of heme oxygenase-1 in the sensitivity of nasopharyngeal carcinomas to radiotherapy

Variable

 

No. of patients (HO-1 expression)

P value c

  

Total

H + M a

N b

 

Age

≤ 61

18

11

7

0.673

 

> 61

14

8

6

 

Sex

Male

20

13

7

0.873

 

Female

12

6

6

 

Stage

I + II

13

5

8

0.266

 

III + IV

9

14

5

 

Histological differentiation

G1

17

7

10

0.174

 

G2 + G3

15

12

3

 
  1. a Positive (H + M) expression of HO-1.
  2. b Negative (N) expression of HO-1.
  3. c Chi square test, P < 0.01 significant.