Functional Polymorphisms and Gene Expression of TLR9 Gene as Protective Factors for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Severity and Progression

Table 5

Relative expression of TLR9 mRNA according to NPC clinicopathological parameters at diagnosis.

NPC clinicopathological parameters ()	Median of TLR9 expression (-03)	value^a
Age		0.696
(17)	2.15
(33)	2.24
Sex		0.419
Women (14)	2.40
Men (36)	2.01
Tumor size		0.013
T1-T2-T3 (36)	2.52
T4 (13)	1.35
Lymph node		0.469
N0 (5)	3.13
N+ (44)	2.11
Metastasis		0.653
M0 (42)	2.20
M+ (4)	1.94
Clinical stage		0.0374
SI-SII (6)	3.46
SIII-SIV (41)	2.03

a: Mann-Whitney’s test.