Table 1.

Correlation of Clinicopathological Features and KGFR, KGF, or Coexpression of KGFR and KGF in Pancreatic Cancers

Variables	n	KGFR		KGF		KGFR and KGF
		n (%)	P	n (%)	P	n (%)	P
Gender
Male	36	17 (47)	NS	12 (33)	NS	9 (25)	NS
Female	17	5 (29)		6 (35)		4 (24)
Age
<65	24	8 (33)	NS	7 (29)	NS	3 (13)	NS
65+	29	14 (48)		11 (38)		10 (34)
UICC classification
T-primary tumor
T1	3	2 (67)	NS	1 (33)	NS	1 (33)	NS
T2	3	1 (33)		1 (33)		1 (33)
T3	15	7 (47)		8 (53)		5 (33)
T4	32	12 (36)		8 (25)		6 (19)
N-Regional lymph nodes
N0	19	11 (58)	NS	8 (42)	NS	6 (32)	NS
N1	34	11 (32)		10 (29)		7 (21)
M-Distant metastasis
M0	51	21 (41)	NS	17 (33)	NS	12 (24)	NS
M1	2	1 (50)		1 (50)		1 (50)
G-Histological grading
G1	31	14 (45)	NS	8 (26)	NS	6 (19)	NS
G2	21	7 (33)		9 (43)		6 (29)
G3	1	1 (100)		1 (100)		1 (100)
G4	0	0		0		0
Stage
I or II	10	5 (50)	NS	1 (10)	NS	4 (40)	NS
III or IV	43	17 (40)		17 (40)		9 (21)
Other tumor characteristics
Lymphatic invasion
Negative	6	3 (50)	NS	2 (33)	NS	2 (33)	NS
Positive	47	19 (40)		16 (34)		11 (23)
Venous invasion
Negative	35	11 (31)	0.038	8 (23)	0.017	5 (14)	0.016
Positive	18	11 (61)		10 (56)		8 (44)
Nerve invasion (intrapancreatic)
Negative	11	6 (55)	NS	5 (45)	NS	3 (27)	NS
Positive	42	16 (38)		13 (31)		10 (24)

UICC, International Union Against Cancer; NS, not significant.