The Expression of Tripartite Motif Protein 36 and β-Catenin Correlates with the Prognosis of Esophageal Cancer

Table 2

Correlation between TRIM36 expression and clinicopathologic factors of ESCA patients.

Parameters		All cases	TRIM36 expression		value
			Low ()	High ()
Age (years)	<60	41	26	15	0.6410
	≥60	39	27	12
Gender	Male	48	34	14	0.3388
	Female	32	19	13
Tumor size	<4 cm	43	23	20	0.0104
	≥5 cm	37	30	7
TNM stage		47	26	21	0.0169
	III	33	27	6
Lymphnode metastasis	Absent	46	24	22	0.0021
	Present	34	29	5
Vital status	Alive	26	13	13	0.0443
	Dead	54	40	14
β-Catenin expression	Low	39	21	18	0.0329
	High	41	32	9

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