Table 1.
Clinicopathological factor | n | PDX1 expression | p Value | |
Positive | Negative | |||
Age (y) | 95 | 72 | 23 | 0.815* |
(mean (SD)) | (63.4 (10.7)) | (63.3 (10.8)) | (63.5 (10.5)) | |
Sex | ||||
Male | 69 | 50 | 19 | 0.218† |
Female | 26 | 22 | 4 | |
Histological type | ||||
Differentiated | 43 | 39 | 4 | 0.002† |
Undifferentiated | 52 | 33 | 19 | |
Depth of invasion | ||||
T1 | 43 | 42 | 1 | <0.0001† |
T2–4 | 52 | 30 | 22 | |
Lymph node metastasis | ||||
Absence | 51 | 47 | 4 | <0.0001† |
Presence | 44 | 25 | 19 |
p values were analysed by the Mann-Whitney U test* and the χ2 method†.