Research Article
Suppression of KIF22 Inhibits Cell Proliferation and Xenograft Tumor Growth in Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Table 1
Relationships of KIF22 and clinicopathological characteristics in 82 patients with tongue squamous cell carcinoma.
| Feature | All n = 82 | KIF22 expression | χ2 | | Low | High | n = 42 | n = 40 |
| Age (years) | | | | 2.905 | 0.088 | <65 | 54 | 24 | 30 | | | ≥65 | 28 | 18 | 10 | | |
| Gender | | | | 1.179 | 0.278 | Male | 46 | 26 | 20 | | | Female | 36 | 16 | 20 | | |
| Tumor stage | | | | 6.129 | 0.013 | T1-2 | 36 | 24 | 12 | | | T3-4 | 46 | 18 | 28 | | |
| Differentiation | | | | 3.241 | 0.072 | Low | 24 | 16 | 8 | | | High | 58 | 26 | 32 | | |
| Clinical stage | | | | 4.518 | 0.034 | I-II | 30 | 20 | 10 | | | III-IV | 52 | 22 | 30 | | |
| Lymphatic metastasis | | | | 5.896 | 0.015 | Yes | 34 | 12 | 22 | | | No | 48 | 30 | 18 | | |
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