Table 3.
Correlation of Hsp27 expression with some clinicopathological variables.
| Variable | Hsp27 IHC | p Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 - 1+ | 2+ - 3+ | ||||
| N | % | N | % | ||
| Age (yrs) | |||||
| ≤50 | 4 | 16.0 | 11 | 44.0 | 0.614 |
| >50 | 1 | 4.0 | 9 | 36.0 | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 4 | 16.0 | 10 | 40.0 | 0.240 |
| Female | 6 | 24.0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Tumor size (cm) | |||||
| ≤4 | 2 | 8.0 | 2 | 8.0 | 0.019 |
| 4-7 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 56.0 | |
| >7 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 28.0 | |
| Histology | |||||
| Clear Cell | 3 | 12.0 | 16 | 64.0 | 0.005 |
| Papillary | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Chromophobe | 2 | 8.0 | 1 | 4.0 | |
| Oncocytoma | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Fuhrman grade | |||||
| 1-2 | 2 | 8.3 | 6 | 25.0 | 0.999 |
| 3-4 | 4 | 16.7 | 12 | 50.0 | |
| T category | |||||
| T1-T2 | 6 | 25.0 | 12 | 50.0 | 0.628 |
| T3-T4 | 1 | 4.0 | 5 | 21.0 | |
| N category | |||||
| N0 | 6 | 24.0 | 15 | 60.0 | 0.569 |
| N1 | 2 | 8.0 | 2 | 8.0 | |
| M category | |||||
| M0 | 3 | 12.0 | 9 | 36.0 | 0.410 |
| M1 | 6 | 24.0 | 7 | 28.0 | |
| TNM stage | |||||
| I-II | 4 | 17.0 | 7 | 29.0 | 0.142 |
| III-IV | 1 | 4.0 | 12 | 50.0 | |