Table 1 Correlation of X-linked-chromosome inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) protein and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) expression to clinicopathologic characteristics of 78 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC)
Variable | XIAP expression (case) | NF-κB expression (case) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(case) | (case) | |||||
Low | High | P- value | Low | High | P- value | |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 15 | 33 | 0.800 | 12 | 36 | 1.000 |
Female | 8 | 22 | 8 | 22 | ||
Age | ||||||
< 60 | 13 | 35 | 0.615 | 13 | 35 | 0.794 |
≥ 60 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 23 | ||
Tumor location | ||||||
Lower thoracic | 14 | 30 | 0.628 | 10 | 34 | 0.603 |
Middle and Upper thoracic | 9 | 25 | 10 | 24 | ||
Length of tumor | ||||||
< 5 cm | 14 | 30 | 0.628 | 10 | 34 | 0.603 |
≥ 5 cm | 9 | 25 | 10 | 24 | ||
T-stage | ||||||
T3 | 12 | 41 | 0.066 | 14 | 39 | 1.000 |
T1-2 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 19 | ||
N-stage | ||||||
N0 | 11 | 22 | 0.618 | 11 | 22 | 0.201 |
N1 | 12 | 33 | 9 | 36 | ||
p-TNM stage | ||||||
I-II | 13 | 15 | 0.020 | 12 | 16 | 0.014 |
III | 10 | 40 | 8 | 42 | ||
Differentiation | ||||||
Well and Medium | 23 | 28 | 0.000 | 20 | 31 | 0.000 |
Poor | 0 | 27 | 0 | 27 | ||