Research Article

Highly Expressing SCARA5 Promotes Proliferation and Migration of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 4

Clinicopathological significances of SCARA5 expression in esophageal carcinoma patients.

CharacteristicsSCARA5 expressiona
Higher (%)Lower (%)

Specimen55.4<0.01
 Adjacent normal tissue8013 (16.3)67 (83.7)
 ESCC10072 (72.0)28 (28.0)
Sex0.130.72
 Male7454 (73.0)20 (27.0)
 Female2618 (69.2)8 (30.8)
Age (y)0.250.62
 <685440 (74.1)14 (25.9)
 ≥684632 (69.6)14 (30.4)
Clinical stage0.590.44
 I-II4937 (75.5)12 (24.5)
 III5135 (68.6)16 (31.4)
Tumor location0.310.86
 Upper43 (75.0)1 (25.0)
 Middle2618 (69.2)8 (30.8)
 Lower2519 (76.0)6 (24.0)
T classification0.020.88
 T1-21713 (76.5)4 (23.5)
 T3-48359 (71.1)24 (28.9)
N classification0.510.47
 N04534 (75.6)11 (24.4)
 N1-35538 (69.1)17 (30.9)
Differentiation4.750.09
 Well66 (100.0)0 (0.0)
 Moderately6648 (72.7)18 (27.3)
 Poorly2818 (64.3)10 (35.7)
Number of tumors0.610.44
 18061 (76.3)19 (23.8)
 253 (60)2 (40)
Longest diameter of tumor (cm)0.040.85
 <54232 (76.2)10 (23.8)
 ≥54332 (74.4)11 (25.6)
Tumor volume (cm3)0.670.41
 <22.54334 (79.1)9 (20.9)
 ≥22.54230 (71.4)12 (28.6)

Abbreviations: T: tumor; N: lymph node; clinical stage: according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer staging standard; tumor volume: . aBold type indicates statistical significance. Likelihood ratio.