Research Article
CD146 Promoter Polymorphism (rs3923594) Is Associated with Recurrence of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma in Chinese Population
Table 2
Distribution of selected variables between the ccRCC patients and controls.
| Variables | Patients | Controls | value |
| Age (mean ± SD), year | 58.2 ± 11.6 | 58.0 ± 11.1 | 0.994 | ≤57 | 136 | 142 | 0.623 | >57 | 164 | 158 | | Sex | | | 0.248 | Male | 178 | 164 | | Female | 122 | 136 | | Tumor size (diameter) | | | | ≤2 cm | 73 | | | >2 cm | 227 | | | Tumor stage | | | | T1 + T2 | 259 | | | T3 + T4 | 41 | | | Tumor grade | | | | 1 + 2 | 283 | | | 3 + 4 | 17 | | | Extent of necrosis | | | | 0 | 186 | | | 1 | 67 | | | 2 | 28 | | | 3 | 15 | | | 4 | 4 | | | Lymph node metastasis | | | | Negative | 271 | | | Positive | 29 | | | Distant metastasis | | | | Negative | 270 | | | Positive | 30 | | | Recurrence | | | | Negative | 242 | | | Positive | 21 | | |
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