The relationships between E-cad expression and clinicopathological factors.
| Clinicopathological factors | Cases | Mean ± SD | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Histological type | 0.34 | ||
| Squamous cell | 26 | 138.4 ± 18.9 | |
| Adenocarcinomas | 42 | 179.0 ± 30.3 | |
| Differentiation | 0.003 | ||
| Well | 18 | 257.5 ± 65.4 | |
| Moderately | 34 | 138.3 ± 72.0 | |
| Poorly | 16 | 74.2 ± 38.6 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | 0.002 | ||
| Present | 38 | 97.5 ± 38.0 | |
| Absent | 30 | 227.3 ± 30.1 |