METTL3 Level | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | n | Low | High | X 2 | P |
Age (years) | |||||
  < 60 | 19 | 10 | 09 | 0.075 | 0.786 |
  > 60 | 41 | 20 | 21 | ||
Gender | |||||
 Male | 33 | 14 | 19 | 1.674 | 0.201 |
 Female | 27 | 16 | 11 | ||
Lymph node metastasis | |||||
 Negative | 28 | 19 | 09 | 7.286 | 0.009** |
 Positive | 32 | 11 | 21 | ||
Distant metastasis | |||||
 Negative | 40 | 24 | 16 | 5.043 | 0.029* |
 Positive | 20 | 06 | 14 | ||
Tumor stage | |||||
 Stage 1,2 | 24 | 15 | 09 | 2.552 | 0.118 |
 Stage 3,4 | 36 | 15 | 21 | ||
TNM staging system | |||||
 T1 + T2 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 3.344 | 0.073 |
 T3 + T4 | 31 | 12 | 19 | ||
Tumor size (cm) | |||||
  > 5 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 0.264 | 0.610 |
  < 5 | 34 | 18 | 16 |