Table 2.
Association between aquapore 5 (AQP5) protein expression and clinicopathologic factors in prostate cancers
| AQP5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Case | 2 | 1 | 0 | P-value |
| n = 60 | 19 (%) | 30 (%) | 11 (%) | ||
| Age (years) | 0.785 | ||||
| > 60 | 36 | 13 (36.1) | 16 (44.4) | 7 (19.4) | |
| ≤ 60 | 24 | 6 (37.5) | 14 (58.3) | 4 (16.7) | |
| Tumor size | 0.929 | ||||
| ≤ 2 cm | 32 | 10 (31.3) | 16 (50.0) | 6 (18.8) | |
| > 2 cm | 28 | 9 (32.1) | 14 (50.0) | 5 (17.9) | |
| Lymph node metastasis | 0.001 | ||||
| Negative | 22 | 2 (9.1) | 10 (45.5) | 10 (45.5) | |
| Positive | 38 | 17 (44.7) | 20 (52.6) | 1 (2.6) | |
| ABCD stage | 0.042 | ||||
| I/II | 29 | 5 (17.2) | 16 (55.2) | 8 (27.6) | |
| III | 27 | 10 (37.0) | 14 (50.0) | 3 (1.1) | |
| IV | 4 | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |