TFIIB-Related Factor 2 Is Associated with Poor Prognosis of Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Patients through Promoting Tumor Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition

Table 1

The correlation of clinicopathologic variables of NSCLC with BRF2 expression.

BRF2 (overexpression)
Variable	No. of patients	No	Yes	𝑃^a
Age				0.424
≤65 years	38	17	21
>65 years	39	21	18
Gender
Male	46	26	20	0.125
Female	31	12	19
Smoking
No or little	60	30	30	0.830
more	17	8	9
Histology				0.427
Adeno	37	20	17
Squamous	40	18	22
Differentiation				0.210
Well	35	14	11
Moderate	18	11	7
Poor	34	13	21
T classification				0.437
T1	17	9	8
T2	26	12	14
T3	24	14	10
T4	10	3	7
N classification				0.087
N0	33	20	13
N1	44	18	26
Clinical stage				0.839
I	20	11	9
II	32	15	17
III	25	12	13

^a𝑃 chi-square test.