Characterization of TIM-3 Expression and Its Correlation with TNF-α and IFN-γ in Patients with Surgically Resected Lung Adenocarcinoma

Table 1

Correlation between expression of TIM-3 protein and clinicopathologic parameters.

Variables	Number	Paracancerous	value	Cancerous	value
TNM stages
I	19		0.076		0.219
II-IV	21
Gender
Female	18		0.065		0.287
Male	22
Age
≥60	24		0.194		0.566
<60	16
Smoke
Yes	17		0.087		0.238
No	23
T stages
T1	15		0.426		0.968
T2-T4	25
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	15		0.067		0.020
No	25
Location
Left	19		0.882		0.357
Right	21
Date of operation
<June	15		0.049		0.822
≥June	25
CEA
>5	16		0.581		0.818
≤5	24
BMI
>23.9	17		0.116		0.372
≤23.9	23