Table 2.

Association between recurrence type and YWHAZ expression

		N	YWHAZ immunoreactivity		* P-value
			Low expression	High expression
Total	Absent	62	22 (52%)	40 (80%)
	Present	30	20 (48%)	10 (20%)	0.0049
Hematogenous
	Absent	85	38 (90%)	47 (94%)
	Present	7	4 (10%)	3 (6%)	0.5254
Distant orlocal lymph node
	Absent	84	35 (83%)	49 (98%)
	Present	8	7 (17%)	1 (2%)	0.0129
Peritoneal
	Absent	83	35 (83%)	48 (96%)
	Present	9	7 (17%)	2 (4%)	0.0416
Local
	Absent	91	41 (98%)	50 (100%)
	Present	1	1 (2%)	0 (0%)	0.2726
Other
	Absent	86	41 (98%)	46 (92%)
	Present	5	1 (2%)	4 (8%)	0.2363

Note: Statistically significant values are in boldface type;

^* P-values are from χ² or Fisher’s exact test and were statistically significant at <0.05.