Diagnostic Value of Cytokeratin 17 during Oral Carcinogenesis: An Immunohistochemical Study

Table 4

Association between CK17 expression and clinicopathologic parameters of patients with OSCC.

Clinicopathologic parameters	No. of patients (%)	0	1	Score	2	3	value
Age^a
≤60	50 (60.2)	5	19		14	12	0.7036
>60	33 (39.8)	4	13		9	7
Sex^a
Male	50 (60.2)	5	21		15	9	0.3456
Female	33 (39.8)	3	11		10	9
Localization^a
Tongue	42 (50.6)	2	17		13	10	0.3641
Nontongue	41 (49.4)	6	15		12	8
Clinical stage^b
Stages 1 + 2	24 (35.3)	3	10		6	5	0.4789
Stages 3 + 4	44 (64.7)	4	15		15	10
T classification^b
T1 + T2	46 (67.6)	5	19		13	9	0.2851
T3 + T4	22 (32.4)	2	6		8	6
Regional lymph node metastasis^b
Negative	30 (44.1)	4	12		7	7	0.5142
Positive	38 (55.9)	3	13		14	8
Histopathologic grade^a
Well	44 (53.0)	3	12		17	12	0.0143
Moderate + Poor	39 (47.0)	5	20		8	6

Statistically significant. ^a83 cases. ^b68 cases.