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

Table 2

Correlation between expression of TNF-α protein and clinicopathologic parameters.

Variables	Number	Paracancerous	value	Cancerous	value
TNM stages
I	19		0.903		0.171
II-IV	21
Gender
Female	18		0.447		0.463
Male	22
Age
≥60	24		0.825		0.440
<60	16
Smoke
Yes	17		0.774		0.516
No	23
T stages
T1	15		0.224		0.989
T2-T4	25
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	15		0.476		0.023
No	25
Location
Left	19		0.409		0.968
Right	21
Date of operation
<June	15		0.769		0.922
≥June	25
CEA
>5	16		0.098		0.782
≤5	24
BMI
>23.9	17		0.712		0.359
≤23.9	23