Tumour: Fibroblast Interactions Promote Invadopodia-Mediated Migration and Invasion in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 2

Univariate and multivariate analyses for clinicopathological parameters, Tks5, and αSMA expression in relation to overall survival for 60 patients with OSCC.

Variables	Clinical groups	Survivors (n = 34)	Nonsurvivors (n = 26)	Log rank		Cox regression value	Risk ratio
				Χ^2	value
T category	T1-2/T3-4	28/6	17/9	4.125	0.0422	0.0577
N category	N−/N+	26/8	15/11	3.401	0.0652
Stage	S1-2/S3-4	22/12	11/15	0.482	0.4877
Cell differentiation	Well/moderate and poor	16/16	14/14	0.254	0.6141
Mode of invasion	1, 2, 3/4C and 4D	25/9	13/13	9.381	0.0022	0.0107	3.028
Tks5	−/+	25/9	5/21	12.454	0.0004	0.0056	3.652
αSMA	−/+	26/8	10/16	12.370	0.0004	0.0025	3.403