Expression and significance of CD44s, CD44v6, and nm23 mRNA in human cancer

Table 4 Relationship between expression of nm23 mRNA and pathologic feature of lung cancer

Pathologic	n	nm23 mRNA
feature		Positive	%	P
Grade				<0.01b
I	19	3	15.8
II	13	7	53.8
III	20	17	85
Metastasis				<0.01d
+	24	6	25
–	48	34	70.8
Sex				>0.05
M	51	28	54.9
F	21	12	57.1
Age(yr)				>0.05
>55	42	22	52.3
<55	30	18	60
Normal	23	19	82.6

^bP<0.01 vs moderately and well-differentiated lung cancer;

^dP<0.01 vs without metastasis.