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Table 2 Telomerase activity and clinical variables in non-small cell lung cancers

From: Telomere length and telomerase activity in non-small cell lung cancer prognosis: clinical usefulness of a specific telomere status

Variable

N° of cases

Telomerase activity

P; Chi-square test

Negative

Positive

Gender

142

   

 Female

12

4

8

0.034

 Male

130

15

115

TNM stage

142

   

 I

86

12

74

0.042

 II

9

1

8

 IIIA

38

2

36

 IIIB

5

2

3

 IV

4

2

2

 

Size of the primary tumour, T

142

   

 T1

22

3

19

0.126

 T2

91

11

80

 T3

22

2

20

 T4

7

3

4

Lymph node dissemination, N

142

   

 N0

102

13

89

0.838

 N1

11

1

10

 N2

28

5

23

 N3

1

0

1

Tumour metastasis, M

142

   

 Absence, M0

138

17

121

0.029

 Presence, M1

4

2

2

Histology

141a

   

 Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)

79

8

71

0.019

 Adenocarcinoma (AD)

56

7

49

 Large cell undifferentiated carcinoma (LCUC)

6

3

3

  1. aMissing data