Nuclear p27 Expression Confers a Favorable Outcome for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients

Table 1

Correlation between the clinicopathologic characteristics and nuclear expression of p27 protein in NPC.

Characteristics	𝑛	Nuclear expression of P27 (%)		𝑃
		No	Yes
Gender
Male	93	42	51
Female	37	22	15	0.175
Age (y)
≥50	68	34	34
<50	62	30	32	0.863
Smoking
Yes	32	12	20
No	98	52	46	0.156
Family tumor history
Yes	4	2	2
No	126	62	64	1.000
T classification
T1-T2	90	36	54
T3-T4	40	28	12	0.002
N classification
N0-N1	73	32	41
N2-N3	57	32	25	0.216
Distant metastasis
Yes	10	5	5
No	120	59	61	1.000
TNM clinical stage
I∼II	49	17	32
III∼IV	81	47	34	0.012