Patient characteristics | n | TAZ | P | |
---|---|---|---|---|
– | + | |||
Gender | Â | Â | Â | 0.988 |
 Male | 135 | 51 | 84 |  |
 Female | 29 | 11 | 18 |  |
Age | Â | Â | Â | 0.356 |
  ≤ 58 | 85 | 35 | 50 |  |
  > 58 | 79 | 27 | 52 |  |
Tumor diameter | Â | Â | Â | 0.003 |
 <5 cm | 106 | 49 | 57 |  |
  ≥ 5 cm | 58 | 13 | 45 |  |
Tumor location | Â | Â | Â | 0.415 |
 Upper | 15 | 8 | 7 |  |
 Middle | 104 | 37 | 67 |  |
 Lower | 45 | 17 | 28 |  |
T stage | Â | Â | Â | 0.024 |
 T1–2 | 69 | 33 | 36 |  |
 T3–4 | 95 | 29 | 66 |  |
Lymph node metastasis | Â | Â | Â | 0.025 |
 Negative | 104 | 46 | 58 |  |
 Positive | 60 | 16 | 44 |  |
Histological grade | Â | Â | Â | 0.043 |
 Well | 31 | 16 | 15 |  |
 Middle | 97 | 38 | 59 |  |
 Poor | 36 | 8 | 28 |  |
pTNM stage | Â | Â | Â | 0.013 |
 I | 28 | 17 | 11 |  |
 II | 85 | 31 | 54 |  |
 III | 51 | 14 | 37 |  |