Table 3.
TIMP-2 Protein Positivity in Relation to Clinical Staging and Histopathologic Typing
| TIMP-2 | Histopathologic Typing | Clinical Staging | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage II | Stage III | Stage IV | WHO 1 | WHO 2 | WHO 3 | ||
| (−) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| (+) | 4 (50%) | 9 (75%) | 10 (100%) | 5 (44.4%) | 3 (60%) | 12 (80%) | |
| Pearson's Chi-squared test (x2) | 9.3 | 9.1 | |||||
| P* value | < .01 | < .01 | |||||
P < .01 = highly significant