Table 2.
Relationships between mucin expression and clinicopathologic factors in patients with gallbladder carcinoma
| |
MUC1 |
MUC2 |
MUC4 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (%) | P-value | Number (%) | P-value | Number (%) | P-value | |
|
Gender | ||||||
| Male (n = 17) |
13 (77) |
0.7191 |
2 (12) |
0.1161 |
10 (59) |
0.7512 |
| Female (n = 46) |
38 (83) |
|
16 (35) |
|
25 (54) |
|
|
Age, years | ||||||
| < 65 (n = 26) |
20 (77) |
0.5301 |
7 (27) |
0.8082 |
13 (50) |
0.4572 |
| ≥ 65 (n = 26) |
31 (84) |
|
11 (30) |
|
22 (60) |
|
|
Differentiation | ||||||
| Well (n = 25) |
19 (76) |
0.5171 |
5 (20) |
0.2222 |
11 (44) |
0.1342 |
| Moderate/poor (n = 38) |
32 (84) |
|
13 (34) |
|
24 (63) |
|
|
Lymph node metastasis | ||||||
| Negative (n = 28) |
22 (79) |
1.0001 |
11 (39) |
0.1282 |
13 (46) |
0.4202 |
| Positive (n = 17) |
14 (82) |
|
3 (18) |
|
10 (59) |
|
|
Depth of invasion | ||||||
| T1/T2 (n = 34) |
27 (79) |
0.7362 |
10 (29) |
0.8732 |
18 (53) |
0.6512 |
| T3/T4 (n = 29) | 24 (83) | 8 (28) | 17 (59) | |||
1Assessed by Fisher’s exact test; 2assessed by the chi-square test.