Table 3.
Clinicopathological features and expression levels of PTEN, MLH1, DNMT3B in endometrial carcinoma of Uygurs.
Variable | DNMT3B | PTEN | hMLH1 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Overexpress | Loss | Normal | Loss | Normal | ||
Histological type | ECs | 16 | 33 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 42 |
NECs | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
P | 0.223 | 0.801 | 0.444 | ||||
Grade (ECs) | Low | 9 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
High | 7 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 24 | |
P | 0.187 | 0.862 | 1.000 | ||||
Myometrial invasion* | <1/2 | 13 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 27 |
≥1/2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 12 | |
P | 0.010 | 0.646 | 0.232 | ||||
Lymph node metastases** | No | 10 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 30 |
Yes | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
P | 0.556 | 0.110 | 0.339 | ||||
Vessel invasion* | No | 12 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 30 |
Yes | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
P | 0.248 | 0.315 | 0.426 | ||||
Stage* | I–II | 13 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 32 |
III–IV | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
P | 0.088 | 0.584 | 0.620 | ||||
ER | Negative | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
Positive | 15 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 35 | |
P | 0.093 | 0.956 | 0.868 | ||||
PR | Negative | 6 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
Positive | 12 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 33 | |
P | 0.578 | 0.792 | 0.423 |
48 Uyghur patients received hysterectomy;
41 Uyghur patients received lymphadenectomy.