Table 2. Association between TLS scores and clinicopathological features in patients with gastric cancer.
| Variable | Overall (%) | TLSs | |||
| Low, no. cases | High, no. cases | χ2 | P value | ||
| 116 (100) | 58 | 58 | |||
| Age | 0.037 | 0.848 | |||
| ＜60 | 43 (37.1) | 22 | 21 | ||
| ≥60 | 73 (62.9) | 36 | 37 | ||
| Gender | 1.694 | 0.193 | |||
| Male | 61 (52.6) | 31 | 24 | ||
| Female | 55 (47.4) | 27 | 34 | ||
| Clinical stage | 4.386 | 0.112 | |||
| II | 34 (29.3) | 12 | 22 | ||
| III | 50 (43.1) | 27 | 23 | ||
| IV | 32 (27.6) | 19 | 13 | ||
| T classification | 5.224 | 0.073 | |||
| T2 | 38 (32.8) | 15 | 23 | ||
| T3 | 55 (47.4) | 27 | 28 | ||
| T4 | 23 (19.8) | 16 | 7 | ||
| N classification | 7.172 | 0.067 | |||
| N0 | 15 (12.9) | 8 | 7 | ||
| N1 | 36 (31.0) | 12 | 24 | ||
| N2 | 38 (32.8) | 20 | 18 | ||
| N3 | 27 (23.3) | 18 | 9 | ||
| Metastasis | 1.487 | 0.223 | |||
| No | 104 (89.7) | 50 | 54 | ||
| Yes | 12 (10.3) | 8 | 4 | ||
| Pathologic differentiation | 3.117 | 0.211 | |||
| Well differentiated | 12 (10.3) | 6 | 6 | ||
| Moderately differentiated | 53 (45.7) | 22 | 31 | ||
| Poorly differentiated | 51 (44.0) | 30 | 21 | ||
TLSstertiary lymphoid structures