Table 1 The association between FTO expression and clinical characteristics
Variable | Group | FTO expression | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Low (%) | High (%) | |||
Gender | Â | Â | Â | 0.848 |
Male | 19 (48.7) | 20 (51.3) | Â | |
Female | 5 (45.5) | 6 (54.5) | Â | |
Age (year) | Â | Â | Â | 0.701 |
 < 60 | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) |  | |
 ≥ 63 | 20 (44.4) | 25 (55.6) |  | |
T | Â | Â | Â | 0.024* |
T1 or T2 | 22 (59.5) | 15 (40.5) | Â | |
T3 or T4 | 3 (23.1) | 10 (76.9) | Â | |
N | Â | Â | Â | 0.765 |
0 | 8 (47.1) | 9 (52.9) | Â | |
1 or 2 | 17 (51.5) | 16 (48.5) | Â | |
M | Â | Â | Â | 0.552 |
0 | 24 (51.1) | 23 (48.9) | Â | |
1 | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | Â | |
Stage | Â | Â | Â | 0.382 |
IA-IIB | 14 (45.2) | 17 (54.8) | Â | |
III-IV | 11 (57.9) | 8 (42.1) | Â | |
Tumor size | Â | Â | Â | 0.020* |
 ≤ 3 cm | 20 (69.0) | 9 (31.0) |  | |
 > 3.5 cm | 5 (23.8) | 16 (76.2) |  | |