Table 1. Correlation between Cryab expression and OS clinicopthological parameters.
| Result of immunostaining (No. of patients) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Cryab-negative (n = 21/36) | Cryab-positive (n = 15/36) | p | ||
| Age (yrs) | |||||
| <19 | 13 | 8 | |||
| ≥19 | 8 | 7 | 1.000 | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 12 | 11 | |||
| Female | 9 | 4 | 0.054 | ||
| Site of primary tumor † | |||||
| Femur | 14 | 8 | |||
| Tibia | 3 | 3 | |||
| Humerus | 3 | 2 | |||
| Pelvis | 0 | 1 | |||
| Other | 1 | 1 | 0.103 | ||
| Histologic differentiation †† | |||||
| Osteoblastic | 10 | 13 | |||
| Chondroblastic | 2 | 2 | |||
| Fibroblastic | 5 | 0 | |||
| Telangiectatic | 3 | 0 | |||
| Other | 1 | 0 | 0.049 | ||
| Enneking stage ‡ | |||||
| I | 2 | 0 | |||
| IIA | 6 | 1 | |||
| IIB | 12 | 11 | |||
| III | 1 | 3 | 0.001a | ||
| Response to chemotherapy * | |||||
| Good | 15 | 7 | |||
| Poor | 4 | 8 | |||
| NA | 2 | 0 | 0.032 | ||
| Metastasis | |||||
| Negative | 14 | 4 | |||
| Positive | 7 | 11 | 0.019 | ||
Note:
Femur vs. Tibia/ Humerus/Pelvis/Other;
Osteoblastic vs. Chondroblastic/ Fibroblastic/ Telangiectatic/Other;
I/IIA vs. IIB/III;
good vs. poor/NA;
Fisher's exact probability.