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Table 3.

Association of Nestin Expression in the Keratinocytes of OSCC Samples with Clinical and Pathological Factors (Chi-square Test).

Factor	No. of Patients	Nestin n (%)		P Value

		Negative (28)	Positive (2)
Age
<60 y	17	16 (94.1)	1 (5.9)	0.844
≥60 y	13	12 (92.3)	1 (7.7)	0.844

Gender
Male	16	15 (93.8)	1 (6.2)	0.922
Female	14	13 (92.9)	1 (7.1)	0.922

Site
Tongue	1	1 (100)	0 (0)	0.651
Buccal mucosa	17	15 (88.2)	2 (11.8)
Palate	4	4 (100)	0 (0)
Floor of the mouth	8	8 (100)	0 (0)

Tumor Grade
Well differentiated	10	8 (80)	2 (20)	0.117
Moderately differentiated	10	10 (100)	0 (0)
Poorly differentiated	10	10 (100)	0 (0)

Tumor Invasion Pattern
Pattern 1	2	2 (100)	0 (0)	0.388
Pattern 2	4	3 (75)	1 (25)
Pattern 3	14	13 (92.9)	1 (7.1)
Pattern 4	10	10 (100)	(0.0)

Negative includes categories 0 and 1⁺, and positive includes categories 2⁺ and 3⁺.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2019 October; 10(4): e0024. ISSN: 2076-9172

Published online 2019 October 29. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10378