An Investigation of the Prognostic Role of Genes Related to Lipid Metabolism in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 3

ELOVL6 expression in oral tissues.

Characteristics	n	ELOVL6 expression (%)		χ^2	-value
		Low	High
	138			17.802	<0.001
OSCCII/III	33	18 (54.5)	15 (45.5)
OSCCI	38	31 (81.6)	7 (18.4)	6.036	0.014
Dysplasia	37	35 (94.6)	2 (5.4)	15.215	<0.001
Normal	30	25 (83.3)	5 (16.7)	6.010	0.014

χ² and values are for the pairwise comparison of OSCCII/III with the other subgroups.