Clinical Significance and Prognostic Value of the Expression of LAMP3 in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 2

Relationship between the expression of LAMP3 and clinicopathological characteristics in OSCC.

Characteristic		n	Low expression (%)	High expression (%)	Pearson χ2
Total		248	186 (75.00)	62 (25.00)
Gender	Male	115	88 (76.52)	27 (23.48)	0.265	0.607
	Female	133	98 (73.68)	35 (26.32)
Age	<60	110	79 (71.82)	31 (28.18)	1.067	0.302
	≥60	138	107 (77.54)	31 (22.46)
Tobacco consumption	No	134	98 (73.13)	36 (26.87)	0.541	0.462
	Yes	114	88 (77.19)	26 (22.81)
Alcohol consumption	No	132	97 (73.48)	35 (26.52)	0.346	0.557
	Yes	116	89 (76.72)	27 (23.38)
Tumor location	Buccal	107	77 (71.96)	30 (28.04)	0.926	0.336
	Tongue	141	109 (77.30)	32 (22.70)
Differentiation	Poor	102	85 (83.33)	17 (16.67)	6.417	0.011
	Moderate and well	146	101 (69.18)	45 (30.28)
TNM stage	0-I	95	76 (80.00)	19 (20.00)	6.305	0.043
	II-III	73	58 (79.45)	15 (20.55)
	IV	80	52 (65.00)	28 (35.00)
T	Tis-T1	110	82 (74.55)	28 (25.45)	0.486	0.784
	T2	58	42 (72.41)	16 (27.59)
	T3-T4	80	62 (77.50)	18 (22.50)
Node metastasis	No	193	150 (77.72)	43 (22.28)	3.434	0.064
	Yes	55	36 (65.45)	19 (34.55)

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