Table 3

Univariate log-rank analysis of EMP2 expression score on survival outcome (n=124)

Variable	n	DSS		LRFS
Variable	n	n	p Value	n	p Value
Gender			0.878		0.346
Male	95	45		30
Female	29	14		7
Age (years)			0.996		0.755
<60	98	48		29
≥60	26	11		8
Primary tumour (T)			0.065		0.027^*
T1–T2	80	32		19
T3–T4	44	27		18
Nodal status (N)			0.002^*		0.023^*
N0–N1	56	18		12
N2–N3	68	41		25
Stage			0.007^*		0.005^*
I–II	38	10		3
III–IV	86	49		32
Histological grade			0.157		0.900
Keratinising/non-keratinising	47	40		15
Undifferentiated	77	39		22
EMP2 expression level			0.002^*		0.005^*
Positive (>5% tumour cells)	63	21		13
Negative (≤5% tumour cells)	61	38		24