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

Table 3

Correlation between expression of IFN-γ protein and clinicopathologic parameters.

Variables	Number	Paracancerous	value	Cancerous	value
TNM stages
I	19		0.924		0.198
II-IV	21
Gender
Female	18		0.828		0.605
Male	22
Age
≥60	24		0.761		0.377
<60	16
Smoke
Yes	17		0.859		0.795
No	23
T stages
T1	15		0.410		0.727
T2-T4	25
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	15		0.442		0.043
No	25
Location
Left	19		0.818		0.394
Right	21
Date of operation
<June	15		0.394		0.494
≥June	25
CEA
>5	16		0.167		0.978
≤5	24
BMI
>23.9	17		0.712		0.774
≤23.9	23