Expression of Phosphatase Regenerating Liver-1 in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Associated with Metastasis

Table 2

Association of PRL-1 protein expression frequency with clinicopathological parameters.

	Case^#	PRL-1+	𝑃 values
Stages
I	3	1 (33.3%)
IIA	17	10 (58.8%)	.06
IIB	6	4 (66.7%)	.058,  .735*
III	34	27 (79.4%)	.003,  .12*,  .491^#
Tumor differentiation
Well	11	9 (81.8%)
Moderate	34	25 (73.5%)	.705
Poorly	15	7 (46.7%)	.109,  .069*
Tumor location
Upper 1/3	12	8 (66.7%)
Mid 1/3	39	28 (71.8%)	.733
Lower 1/3	8	5 (55.6%)	.604,  .343*
Patients’ gender
Male	38	27 (71.1%)
Female	22	14 (63.6%)	.552
Patients’ age
≤60 yrs	32	22 (68.8%)
>60 yrs	28	19 (67.9%)	.941

*compared with the second group; ^#compared with the third group.