TABLE 1.

Clinicopathological features of BLCA in relation to the PGK1 expression pattern.

Clinicopathological features		PGK1		p value	χ 2 value
	Total	High	Low
Gender
Female	17	10	7	0.837	0.043
Male	82	46	36	–	–
Age
≤65	39	20	19	0.393	0.731
>65	60	36	24	–	–
Tumor size
≤5 cm	74	41	33	0.689	0.161
>5 cm	25	15	10	–	–
Tumor stage
≤ T1	46	23	23	0.22	1.508
≥ T2	53	33	20	–	–
Tumor grade
Low	34	13	21	0.008*	7.082
High	65	43	22	–	–
Vascular invasion
Yes	13	11	2	0.029*	4.792
No	86	45	41	–	–
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	32	24	8	0.011*	6.54
No	67	32	35	–	–
Recurrence
Yes	22	11	11	0.481	0.496
No	77	45	32	–	–
Distant metastasis
Yes	10	6	4	0.817	0.053
No	89	50	39	–	–

Note: Statistical analyses were carried out using Pearson χ ² test.

^* p value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.