Table 1.

Clinicopathologic Characteristics of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Tissue Microarray and Correlation With HOXB7 Expression

Characteristic	Full Cohort (n = 145)		Low HOXB7 (n = 90)		High HOXB7 (n = 55 )		P
	No. of Patients	%	No. of Patients	%	No. of Patients	%
Age, y
≤60	49	33.7	35	38.9	14	25.5	.10
>60	96	66.3	55	61.1	41	74.5
Sex
Female	70	48.3	45	50.0	25	45.5	.59
Male	75	51.7	45	50.0	30	54.5
Greatest tumor dimension
<3 cm	86	59.3	51	56.7	35	63.6	.33
≥3 cm	59	40.7	39	43.3	20	36.4
Histologic grade
Well + moderate	83	57.2	54	60.0	29	52.7	.39
Poor	62	42.8	36	40.0	26	47.3
pT-stage
pT1	26	17.9	18	20.0	8	14.5	.41
pT2 + pT3	119	82.1	72	80.0	47	85.5
N-stage (categorized)
N0	69	47.6	49	54.4	20	36.4	.034
N1	76	52.4	41	45.6	35	63.6
AJCC stage
Stage I	40	27.6	30	33.3	10	22.2	.048
Stage II	105	72.4	60	66.6	45	81.8
Margin status
Negative (R0)	126	86.9	78	87.7	48	87.3	.70
Positive (R1)	19	13.1	12	13.3	7	12.7

Abbreviation: AJCC, American Joint Commission on Cancer.

P value from 2-sided chi-square test evaluating low versus high HOXB7 for each characteristic.