Table 2.

Comparison of DcR3 Expression Levels and Clinical and Pathologic Features.

Feature	All Patients					Without Distant Metastasis (M0)					With Distant Metastasis (M1)
	Low (n = 508, 91%)		High (n = 52, 9%)		P	Low (n = 435, 92%)		High (n = 38, 8%)		P	Low (n = 73, 84%)		High (n = 14, 16%)		P
	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%
Sex					.004					.015					.5
Male	306	55	42	8		253	53	30	6		53	61	12	14
Female	202	36	10	2		182	39	8	2		20	23	2	2
Age at surgery					1					.9
<65 years	281	50	29	5		231	49	21	4		50	57	8	9	.5
≥65 years	227	41	23	4		204	43	17	4		23	26	6	7
Karnofsky performance status scale					.6					1					.4
≥80%	463	83	49	9		400	85	35	7		63	73	14	16
<80%	45	8	3	1		35	7	3	1		10	11	0	0
Tumor extent*					.048					.1					.8
pT1/2	336	60	27	5		306	65	22	5		30	35	5	6
pT3/4	172	31	25	4		129	27	16	3		43	49	9	10
Regional lymph node metastasis*					.002					.02					.2
N0/pN0	477	84	42	8		418	88	33	7		59	68	9	10
pN1, pN2	31	6	10	2		17	4	5	1		14	16	5	6
Distant metastasis*					.03					-					-
No	435	78	38	7		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Yes	73	13	14	3		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
Grade of malignancy†					.005					.2					.1
G1/2	430	77	35	6		386	82	30	7		44	51	5	6
G3/4	76	14	16	3		47	10	7	1		29	33	9	10
Histopathologic subtype‡					.1					.8					.06
Clear-cell RCC	425	76	39	7		362	76	30	6		63	73	9	11
Papillary RCC	42	8	6	1		36	8	5	1		6	7	1	1
Chromophobe RCC	23	4	2	<1		23	5	1	<1		0	0	1	1
Spindle cell carcinoma	3	1	2	<1		1	<1	0	0		2	2	2	2
Collecting duct carcinoma	0	0	2	<1		0	0	1	<1		0	0	1	1
Unclassified RCC	15	3	1	<1		13	3	1	<1		2	2	0	0
Type of surgery					.7					.7					.2
Radical nephrectomy	433	77	46	8		360	76	33	7		73	84	13	15
Partial nephrectomy	75	14	6	1		75	16	5	1		0	0	1	1

P values < .05 are shown in bold.

^*TNM 2002.

^†Three patients with tumors of unknown grade.

^‡Clear-cell (conventional) RCC versus other types.