Table 2.
Distribution of CD8 T lymphocytes according to the analyzed parameters
|
Parameters/ p value |
CD8 IT (PI/ median) |
CD8 PT (PI/ median) |
p value (Student’s t-test) |
|
|
Histopathological types |
TGAC |
32.5±18.9/27.5 |
42.7±25.1/35 |
0.119 |
|
PC-NOS GAC |
113.3±31.4/105 |
146.6±71.1/140 |
0.329 |
|
|
PC-SRC GAC |
117.5±34.1/100 |
63.1±35.7/60 |
0.007 |
|
|
MX-GAC |
25±22.7/15 |
68.8±34.4/50 |
0.006 |
|
|
MC-GAC |
2.7±1.8/2 |
22.8±14.1/20 |
0.009 |
|
|
p value (Anova test) |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
||
|
Tumor grades |
Low grade |
24.2±10.6/25 |
36.2±12.5/35 |
<0.001 |
|
High grade |
68.7±54.3/75 |
77.3±57.5/60 |
0.554 |
|
|
p value (Student's test) |
<0.001 |
0.001 |
||
|
Tumor stages |
I |
20.8±11.7/25 |
30±13.6/30 |
0.288 |
|
II |
39.6±33.5/30 |
52.1±31.7/47.5 |
0.288 |
|
|
III |
62.7±54.2/40 |
72.2±59.7/50 |
0.542 |
|
|
IV |
35.3±42.5/17.5 |
42.5±20.4/35 |
0.720 |
|
|
p value (Anova test) |
0.147 |
0.179 |
||
|
Lymphovascular invasion |
Present |
51.6±45/30 |
61.2±43.9/50 |
0.370 |
|
Absent |
43.9±49.9/25 |
55±55.7/35 |
0.523 |
|
|
p value (Student's test) |
0.564 |
0.650 |
||
IT: intratumoral; PT: peritumoral; PI: positivity index; TGAC: tubular gastric adenocarcinoma; PC-NOS GAC: poorly cohesive-no other specifications gastric adenocarcinoma; PC-SRC GAC: poorly cohesive-signet ring cells gastric adenocarcinoma; MX-GAC: mixed gastric adenocarcinoma; MC-GAC: mucinous gastric adenocarcinom