Table IV.
Associations between positive expression of MACC1, HGF and c-Met proteins, and clinical pathological features in epithelial ovarian cancer samples.
| Clinical parameter | No. | MACC1 | HGF | c-Met | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | – | χ2 | P | + | – | χ2 | P | + | – | χ2 | P | ||
| Age (years) | 2.805 | 0.094 | 1.124 | 0.289 | 0.567 | 0.451 | |||||||
| <45 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
| ≥45 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 21 | 15 | 29 | 7 | ||||||
| FIGO stage | 3.861 | 0.049 | 4.573 | 0.032 | 7.074 | 0.008 | |||||||
| I+II | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| III+I | 37 | 29 | 8 | 27 | 10 | 32 | 5 | ||||||
| Histological type | 3.803 | 0.149 | 1.840 | 0.399 | 2.335 | 0.311 | |||||||
| Serous | 30 | 24 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 25 | 5 | ||||||
| Mucinous | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||||||
| Endometrioid | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| Histological grading | 5.596 | 0.018 | 5.315 | 0.021 | 6.221 | 0.013 | |||||||
| High | 30 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 11 | ||||||
| Low | 17 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| Lymph node metastasis | 7.373 | 0.007 | 6.207 | 0.013 | 9.232 | 0.002 | |||||||
| Positive | 29 | 25 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 27 | 2 | ||||||
| Negative | 18 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
MACC1, metastasis-associated in colon cancer-1; HGF, hepatocyte growth factor.