Role of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha in cell proliferation and gemcitabine resistance in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Table 1 Relationship between HNF4α expression and clinicopathological features of pancreatic cancer

Variables	Patient number (n)	HNF4α expression in tumor tissue of pancreatic cancer
Variables	Patient number (n)	Low (n = 41)	High (n = 64)	P value
Gender				0.9321
Male	62	24	38
Female	43	17	26
Age (years)				0.2434
≤ 60	54	24	30
> 60	51	17	34
TNM stage				0.8487
I, IIa	55	21	34
IIb, III, IV	50	20	30
Tumor size (cm)				0.2764
≤ 4	73	26	47
> 4	32	15	17
Histological grade				0.1917
Grade 1, 2	62	21	41
Grade 3	43	20	23
Lymph node status				0.8625
Negative	60	23	37
Positive	45	18	27
Vascular emboli				0.6061
Negative	87	33	54
Positive	18	8	10

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