Table 2 C‐kit expression in tumours with varying extent of invasion.
| Invasion to choroid or optic nerve | Invasion to optic nerve | Invasion to choroid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Absent | Present | Absent | Present | Absent | Massive | Minimal | |
| Positive immunoreactivity for C‐kit | 31 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 20 | 6 |
| Negative immunoreactivity for C‐kit | 19 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 2 |
| Odds of positive immunoreactivity for C‐kit | 1.63 | 0.18 | 2.22 | 0.62 | 1.44 | 0.58 | 1.25 | 3.00 |
| Odds ratio | 8.97 | 3.59 | 2.48 | 0.42 | ||||
| 95% Confidence intervals around odds ratio | 1.79, 44.95 | 1.26, 10.23 | 0.82, 7.51 | 0.07, 2.35 | ||||
| Chi‐squared p value | <0.01 | <0.02 | <0.2 | <0.5 | ||||