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Table 1 Descriptive analysis of clinicopathological and molecular characteristics

From: Tumor-infiltrating CD4+ CD25+ FOXP3+ Treg is associated with plasma EBV DNA and disease progression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Total patients

n = 103

Age

Median(range)

49(17–75)

Sex

Female

27(26.2%)

 

Male

76(73.8%)

Smoker

Yes

43(41.7%)

 

No

60(58.3%)

Alcohol

Yes

22(21.4%)

 

No

81(78.6%)

Pathological grade

Undifferentiated carcinoma

59(57.3%)

 

Differentiated carcinoma

44(42.7%)

cT

1

13(12.6%)

 

2

20(19.4%)

 

3

58(56.3%)

 

4

12(11.7%)

cN

0

11(10.7%)

 

1

27(26.2%)

 

2

29(28.2%)

 

3

36(35.0%)

cStage

I

12(11.7%)

 

II

44(42.7%)

 

III

42(40.8%)

 

IV

5(4.9%)

Plasma EBV DNAa

(copies/mL)

Median(Q1-Q3)

1221(407.8- 2635.75)

Peripheral CD4+cells%b

Median(Q1-Q3)

33.35(27.125–41.7)

Peripheral CD8+cells%b

Median(Q1-Q3)

23(18.35–30.9)

Peripheral NK cells%b

Median(Q1-Q3)

17.85(13.5–27.9)

Tumor-infiltrating Treg% in CD4+cells

Median(Q1-Q3)

1.65(0.45–3.67)

Treg Infiltration Score

Median(Q1-Q3) (×10− 4)

0.17 (0.03–0.52)

CD25 H Score

Median(Q1-Q3)

7.57(3.13–10.32)

  1. a. All patients underwent EBV DNA test. However, because the EBV DNA testing method was updated in 2020, only the 44 most recent cases utilizing the new test were included in analyses involving EBV DNA
  2. b. Peripheral blood immune cell analysis (including CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, and NK cells) was performed on 58 patients