Table 4 Association between clusters and clinical and pathological findings
From: Profile of apoptotic proteins in oral squamous cell carcinoma: A cluster analysis of 171 cases
Cluster | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Category | A | B | Total | p-value |
Tumor site | Oral tongue | 72 (82.0) | 16 (18.0) | 88 | 0.1225 |
Floor of mouth | 32 (76.0) | 10 (24.0) | 42 | ||
Other | 38 (93.0) | 3 (7.0) | 41 | ||
T stage | T1/T2 | 73 (82.0) | 16 (18.0) | 89 | 0.7116 |
T3/T4a | 69 (84.0) | 13 (16.0) | 82 | ||
Clinical stage | I/II | 38 (79.0) | 10 (21.0) | 48 | 0.3990 |
III/IV | 104 (85.0) | 19 (15.0) | 123 | ||
Histological grade | Well differentiated | 108 (81.0) | 25 (19.0) | 133 | 0.4002 |
Moderately differentiated | 26 (90.0) | 3 (10.0) | 29 | ||
Poorly differentiated | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 | ||
Vascular invasion | No | 43 (81.0) | 10 (19.0) | 53 | 0.4956 |
Yes | 93 (85.0) | 16 (15.0) | 109 | ||
Perineural infiltration | No | 74 (80.0) | 19 (20.0) | 93 | 0.2045 |
Yes | 61 (87.0) | 9 (13.0) | 70 | ||
Lymph node metastasis | No | 59 (86.0) | 10 (14.0) | 69 | 0.7312 |
Yes | 76 (84.0) | 15 (16.0) | 91 | ||