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Table 2 Relation between HAS2, α-SMA expression levels and clinicopathological variables

From: Hyaluronan synthase 2 expressed by cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes oral cancer invasion

Variable

HAS2

α-SMA

 

High

Low

P value

High

Low

P value

HD

  

1.000

  

0.777

 I

15

13

 

14

14

 

 II + III

10

10

 

9

11

TNM status

  

0.021

  

0.000

 I + II

8

15

 

5

18

 

 III + IV

17

8

 

18

7

PLN status

  

0.020

  

0.038

 Negative

11

18

 

10

19

 

 Positive

14

5

 

13

6

  1. α-SMA, α-smooth muscle actin; HD histological differentiation, TNM tumor-node-metastases, PLN pathologic lymph node. Bold values signify P value < 0.05. Chi-Square test