PTBP3 promotes migration of non-small cell lung cancer through regulating E-cadherin in EMT signaling pathway

Table 1 Correlationship between PTBP3 expresstion and NSCLC patient clinicopathological parameters

Clinicopathological parameters	Total	PTBP3		P-value
Clinicopathological parameters	Total	Low (n = 75)	High (n = 72)	P-value
Gender
Male	70	37	33	0.671
Female	77	38	39
Age (years)
< 60	56	29	27	0.884
≥ 60	91	46	45
Smoking status
Smoker	46	20	26	0.217
Nonsmoker	101	55	46
Tumor size (cm)
≤ 3	80	44	36	0.292
> 3	67	31	36
Tumor classification
T1 + T2	96	54	42	0.082
T3 + T4	51	21	30
Tumor differentiation
Poor-Moderate	97	41	56	0.003*
Well	50	34	16
Lymph node metastasis
No	89	54	35	0.004*
Yes	58	21	37
Distant metastasis status
M0	124	70	54	0.002*
M1	23	5	18

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