Expression of transcription factors snail, slug, and twist in human bladder carcinoma

Table 5 Univariate analyses of various clinicopathological parameters in relation to survival of patients with bladder tumor

Variables	Patients	Progression-free survival(PFS)		Overall survival(OS)
	( n = 120)	5-year survival (%) ( n = 103)	P -Value	5-year survival (%) ( n = 61)	P -Value
Sex			0.051		0.363
Male	87	78(75.7%)		42(68.9%)
Female	33	25(24.3%)		19(31.1%)
Age (years)			0.108		0.591
≤ 70	64	58(56%)		34(55%)
> 70	56	45(44%)		27(45%)
Stage			0.175		0.016
pTa-T1	76	6871.8%		45(74%)
≥PT2	44	3528.2%		16(26%)
Grade			0.008		0.018
LG	41	40(38.8%)		27(38%)
HG	79	63(61.2%)		34(62%)
Slug			0.457		0.479
+	75	63(61%)		40(66%)
-	45	40(39%)		21(34%)
Twist			0.018		0.069
+	53	41(40%)		22(36%)
-	67	62(60%)		39(64%)
Snail			0.732		0.502
+	19	16(15%)		11(18%)
-	101	87(85%)		50(82%)
E-cadherin			0.000		0.005
+	89	86(83.5%)		52(85%)
-	31	17(16.5%)		9(15%)

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