Table 1 Correlation between METTL3 expression and clinical parameters of the patients

Gender

 Male

55

23

32

0.077

0.781

 Female

36

14

22

Age(year)

  < 60

46

13

33

5.927

0.015

  ≥ 60

45

24

21

Tumor size (diameter, cm)

  < 4

34

11

23

1.552

0.213

  ≥ 4

57

26

31

TNM stage

 I

37

15

22

0.000

0.985

 II + III + IV

54

22

32

Vascular invasion

 No

54

21

33

0.173

0.678

 Yes

37

16

21

Survival time (months)

  < 11

45

17

28

0.306

0.580

  ≥ 11

46

20

26

Pathological stage

 II

61

25

36

0.008

0.928

 III + IV

30

12

18