A Novel RNA-Seq-Based Model for Preoperative Prediction of Lymph Node Metastasis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 1

The demographic characteristics of OSCC patients with or without lymph node metastasis.

Characteristics	OSCC without LNM ()	OSCC with LNM ()	value
Gender			0.017
Male	74	119
Female	45	38
Age (years)			0.049
Clinical T			0.017
I-II	53	44
III-IV	63	108
Clinical N			<0.001
LN-negative	94	43
LN-positive	21	107
Neoplasm histologic grade			0.195
G1	23	17
G2	77	104
G3	18	31
G4	0	1
Tobacco smoking history			0.267
No	36	34
Yes	81	120
Margin status			0.148
Close	15	19
Negative	90	108
Positive	9	26
Alcohol history			0.024
No	43	46
Yes	70	110
Anatomic neoplasm subdivision			0.5
Oral tongue	49	63
Base of tongue	4	9
Floor of mouth	23	33
Buccal mucosa	8	12
Alveolar ridge	11	5
Oral cavity	21	32
Hard palate	1	2
Lip	2	1

Note: value < 0.05, value < 0.001. OSCC: oral squamous cell carcinoma; LNM: lymph node metastasis.