Caprin-1 plays a role in cell proliferation and Warburg metabolism of esophageal carcinoma by regulating METTL3 and WTAP

Table 2 Clinicopathological characteristics of 55 patients

Variables	N	Caprin-1- Low	Caprin-1- High	P-value
Total Clinical parameters	55	31	24
Gender				0.099
Male	43	22	21
Female	12	9	3
Age (years)				0.210
< 60	32	20	12
≥ 60	23	11	12
Tumor size (cm)				0.199
≤ 3	31	15	8
> 3	23	16	16
Differential				0.424
Poorly	21	11	10
High/Moderately	34	20	14
Lymph node metastasis				0.031*
Negative	34	23	11
Positive	21	8	13
p Stage				0.102
1	28	19	9
2	19	7	12
3	8	5	3
Ki-67 status				0.023*
Low	28	23	5
High	27	14	13
PET metabolic parameters
SUVmax (median)				0.002*
Low	29	22	7
High	26	9	17
SUVmean (median)				0.005*
Low	28	21	7
High	27	10	17
TLG (median)				0.120
Low	29	19	10
High	26	12	14
MTV (median)				0.175
Low	28	18	10
High	27	13	14

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