Overexpression of suppressor of zest 12 is associated with cervical node metastasis and unfavorable prognosis in tongue squamous cell carcinoma

Table 1 The associations between SUZ12 expression and multiple clinicopathological parameters in primary TSCC

Clinicopathological parameters	Cases	SUZ12		P values
Clinicopathological parameters	Cases	Low^a	High	P values
Gender		35	37	0.486
Male	40	21	19
Female	32	14	18
Age
≤60	40	17	23	0.3429
>60	32	18	14	0.3429
Smoking
No	37	19	18	0.6324
Yes	35	16	19	0.6324
Alcohol use
No	40	22	18	0.2253
Yes	32	13	19	0.2253
Tumor size
T1–T2	58	29	29	0.7683
T3–T4	14	6	8	0.7683
Pathological grade
I	32	19	13	0.1542
II–III	40	16	24	0.1542
Cervical node metastasis
N(0)	38	23	15	0.0325
N(+)	34	12	22	0.0325
Clinical stage
I–II	36	21	15	0.1567
III–IV	36	14	22	0.1567

The number in italic indicate statistical significance with p values <0.05
^aBoth of patients with low and negative SUZ12 staining are stratified into low SUZ12 category for simplicity

ISSN: 1475-2867