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Table 2 Comparison of patients with undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma according to sCD40L levels and personal characteristics and presenting clinical features. North-East Italy, 1994–2003.

From: High serum levels of soluble CD40-L in patients with undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma: pathogenic and clinical relevance

Characteristic§

Levels of sCD40L

 

High

Medium-Low

p

 

No.

(%)

No.

%

 

Age:

     

   <= 39

8

(40.0)

8

(20.0)

 

   40–54

9

(45.0)

14

(35.0)

 

   >= 55

3

(15.0)

18

(45.0)

0.02

Sex:

     

   Men

16

(80.0)

28

(68.3)

 

   Women

4

(20.0)

13

(31.7)

0.51

T:

     

   1

4

(20.0)

9

(23.1)

 

   2A-2B

8

(40.0)

18

(46.2)

 

   3–4

8

(40.0)

12

(30.8)

0.78

N:

     

   0

2

(10.0)

11

(28.9)

 

   1

10

(50.0)

12

(31.6)

 

   2–3

8

(40.0)

15

(39.5)

0.36

M:

     

   0

13

(68.4)

38

(95.0)

 

   1

6

(31.6)

2

(5.0)

0.01

Stage:

     

   I-II

6

(31.6)

14

(42.4)

 

   III-IVa-IVb

7

(36.8)

17

(51.5)

 

   IVc

6

(31.6)

2

(6.1)

0.11

LMP-1 expression

     

   Negative cases

23

(95.8)

19

(70.4)

 

   Positive cases

1

(4.2)

8

(29.6)

0.03

  1. §In some items, the sum does not add up to the total because of missing values
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