From: The role of NLRP3 inflammasome in 5-fluorouracil resistance of oral squamous cell carcinoma
Variable | Number | NLRP3 expression | P value* | Ki-67 expression | P value* | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low (32) | High (71) | Low (38) | High (65) | ||||
Smoking status** | |||||||
 Current/former | 51 | 18 | 33 | 0.359 | 20 | 31 | 0.629 |
 Never | 52 | 14 | 38 |  | 18 | 34 |  |
Alcohol intake*** | |||||||
 Yes | 42 | 12 | 30 | 0.650 | 15 | 27 | 0.837 |
 No | 61 | 20 | 41 |  | 23 | 38 |  |
Age | |||||||
  < 60 | 59 | 20 | 39 | 0.472 | 22 | 37 | 0.923 |
  ≥ 60 | 44 | 12 | 32 |  | 16 | 28 |  |
Gender | |||||||
 Male | 63 | 19 | 44 | 0.802 | 26 | 37 | 0.298 |
 Female | 30 | 13 | 27 |  | 12 | 28 |  |
Location | |||||||
 Tongue | 37 | 12 | 25 | 0.976 | 10 | 27 | 0.228 |
 Buccal | 24 | 8 | 16 |  | 10 | 14 |  |
 Gingiva | 16 | 5 | 11 |  | 8 | 8 |  |
 Mouth floor | 13 | 3 | 10 |  | 3 | 10 |  |
 Other | 13 | 4 | 9 |  | 7 | 6 |  |
T stage | |||||||
 T1 + T2 | 45 | 22 | 23 | 0.001* | 23 | 22 | 0.013* |
 T3 + T4 | 58 | 10 | 48 |  | 15 | 43 |  |
N stage | |||||||
 N0 | 47 | 16 | 31 | 0.550 | 24 | 23 | 0.006* |
 N1 + N2 | 56 | 16 | 40 |  | 14 | 42 |  |
M stage | |||||||
 M0 | 102 | 32 | 70 | 0.500 | 39 | 63 | 0.433 |
 M1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 0 | 1 |  |
Differentiation | |||||||
 Well | 39 | 18 | 21 | 0.010* | 20 | 19 | 0.018* |
 Moderate + Poor | 64 | 14 | 50 |  | 18 | 46 |  |