Clinical characteristic | Disease progression group (n = 76) | Non-disease progression group (n = 95) | P value |
---|---|---|---|
Age (mean ± SD, years) | 46.0 ± 12.4 | 42.0 ± 12.7 | 0.04* |
Gender | 0.01* | ||
 Male | 66 | 67 |  |
 Female | 10 | 28 |  |
Histology | 0.07 | ||
 Differentiated Non-keratinising | 45 | 43 |  |
 Undifferentiated Non-keratinising | 31 | 52 |  |
T stage | 0.79 | ||
 T1 | 8 | 15 |  |
 T2 | 14 | 17 |  |
 T3 | 31 | 35 |  |
 T4 | 23 | 28 |  |
N stage | 0.22 | ||
 N0 | 3 | 9 |  |
 N1 | 21 | 34 |  |
 N2 | 36 | 39 |  |
 N3 | 16 | 13 |  |
Overall stage | 0.52 | ||
 I | 0 | 1 |  |
 II | 8 | 11 |  |
 III | 28 | 41 |  |
 IV | 40 | 42 |  |
Treatment | 0.50 | ||
 A | 12 | 10 |  |
 B | 39 | 45 |  |
 C | 3 | 7 |  |
 D | 22 | 33 |  |
EA-IgA | |||
 positive | 23 | 30 | 0.85 |
 negative | 53 | 65 |  |
VCA-IgA | |||
 positive | 53 | 57 | 0.19 |
 negative | 23 | 38 |  |
Smoking | 0.02* | ||
 Yes | 44 | 38 |  |
 No | 32 | 57 |  |