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[Retracted] Implications of Human Antimicrobial Peptide Defensin Beta-1 in Clinical Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients via an Integrated Bioinformatics Approach

Table 3

Logistic regression analysis results showing the association between DEFB1 expression and clinical characteristics.

CharacteristicsTotal ()Odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence interval (CI)) value

T stage (T3 & T4 vs. T1 & T2)3191.072 (0.682-1.684)0.764
N stage (N1 & N2 & N3 vs. N0)3150.706 (0.452-1.100)0.125
M stage (M1 vs. M0)3121.013 (0.040-25.769)0.993
Clinical stage (Stage III & Stage IV vs. Stage I & Stage II)3190.876 (0.537-1.427)0.594
Histologic grade (G3 & G4 vs. G1 & G2)3210.812 (0.474-1.383)0.443
Gender (male vs. female)3290.900 (0.563-1.437)0.660
Race (Asian & Black or African American vs. White)3181.143 (0.537-2.457)0.728
Age (>60 vs. ≤60)3281.215 (0.787-1.877)0.380
Smoker (yes vs. no)3230.977 (0.597-1.599)0.927
Alcohol history (yes vs. no)3210.532 (0.329-0.853)0.009
Primary therapy outcome (PD & SD vs. PR & CR)2781.135 (0.575-2.247)0.714
Radiation therapy (no vs. yes)2950.923 (0.578-1.473)0.737
Lymph node neck dissection (no vs. yes)3270.558 (0.287-1.054)0.076
Lymphovascular invasion (yes vs. no)2390.950 (0.549-1.643)0.855
Anatomic neoplasm subdivision (oral cavity & hard palate & floor of mouth & buccal mucosa & base of tongue & alveolar ridge vs. oral tongue)3290.911 (0.583-1.422)0.682