Fig. 3

The expression of FABP4 was elevated and correlated with LNM and poorer prognosis in CCa. a Representative images of IHC staining of FABP4 in normal cervical and cervical cancer tissues. Scale bar 50 μm. Scatter diagram showing the distribution of FABP4 levels in different disease statuses (b), histological types (c), grades (d), FIGO stages (e), lymph node statuses (f) and lymphovascular space involvement statuses (g). h Kaplan–Meier curve of OS for patients in the high FABP4 expression and low FABP4 expression groups. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; ns. not significant