Table 2.
Correlation between neural epidermal growth factor-like like 1 (NELL1) and NELL2 subtraction scores (immunohistochemistry [IHC] score) and clinicopathological parameters
| No. of cases | Average of NELL1 IHC scores | P-value | Average of NELL2 IHC scores | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 64 | 1.88 | 2.17 | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 43 | 1.84 | 0.71† | 2.16 | 0.93† |
| Female | 21 | 1.95 | 2.19 | ||
| Age, years | |||||
| <60 | 26 | 1.65 | 0.19† | 1.88 | 0.10† |
| ≥60 | 38 | 2.03 | 2.37 | ||
| Grade | |||||
| G1 | 20 | 2.10 | 0.18‡ | 2.30 | 0.46‡ |
| G2 | 43 | 1.74 | 2.09 | ||
| G3 | 1 | 3.00 | 3.00 | ||
| Vascular involvement | |||||
| v0 | 42 | 1.86 | 0.86† | 2.19 | 0.86† |
| v1 | 22 | 1.90 | 2.14 | ||
| pT | |||||
| pT1 | 47 | 1.83 | 0.85§ | 2.11 | 0.69§ |
| pT2 | 4 | 2.00 | 2.50 | ||
| pT3 | 13 | 2.00 | 2.31 | ||
| pT4 | 0 | ||||
Student's t-test was carried out. ‡More than three parameters, however only two parameters had more than three samples. Student's t-test was carried out between G1 and G2. §anova was carried out.