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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 14, 2005; 11(6): 871-874
Published online Feb 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i6.871
Published online Feb 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i6.871
Table 1 Relationship of the MMP-9 expression and clinicopathological parameters.
| Clinicopathological parameters | MMP-9 expression | χ2 | P | ||
| Positive cases (%) | Negative cases (%) | ||||
| Age (yr) | <60 | 44 (49.4) | 45 (50.6) | 0.01 | 0.921 |
| >60 | 58 (48.7) | 61 (51.3) | |||
| Sex | Male | 74 (45.7) | 88 (54.3) | 3.308 | 0.069 |
| Female | 28 (60.9) | 18 (39.1) | |||
| Tumor location | Upper | 8 (50.0) | 8 (50.0) | 1.484 | 0.476 |
| Middle | 69 (51.9) | 64 (48.1) | |||
| Lower | 25 (42.4) | 34 (57.6) | |||
| Tumor cell differentiation | Well | 25 (32.5) | 52 (67.5) | 13.503 | 0.001 |
| Middle | 46 (59.7) | 31 (40.3) | |||
| Poor | 31 (57.4) | 23 (42.6) | |||
| Vessel permeation | Absent | 75 (45.2) | 91 (54.8) | 4.896 | 0.027 |
| Present | 27 (64.3) | 15 (35.7) | |||
| Tumor invasion (T) | T1 | 8 (57.1) | 6 (42.9) | 1.305 | 0.521 |
| T2 | 19 (42.2) | 26 (57.8) | |||
| T3 | 75 (50.3) | 74 (49.7) | |||
| Lymph node metastasis (N) | N0 | 45 (41.7) | 63 (58.3) | 4.885 | 0.027 |
| N1 | 57 (57.0) | 43 (43.0) | |||
| TNM stage | I | 7 (58.3) | 5 (41.7) | 7.139 | 0.068 |
| IIa | 38 (39.6) | 58 (60.4) | |||
| IIb | 7 (46.7) | 8 (53.3) | |||
| III | 50 (58.8) | 35 (41.2) | |||
- Citation: Gu ZD, Chen KN, Li M, Gu J, Li JY. Clinical significance of matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(6): 871-874
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v11/i6/871.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v11.i6.871