Table 2. Correlation between clinical parameters and the infiltrating density of CD68+ macrophages in esophageal cancer tissues.
Clinical parameters | Cases | CD68+ macrophages in Tumor Nest | CD68+ macrophages in Tumor Stroma | ||||||||
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Low | High | P-value | Low | High | P-value | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
Gender | |||||||||||
Male | 102 | 50 | 49.02 | 52 | 50.98 | 0.919 | 71 | 69.61 | 31 | 30.39 | 0.540 |
Female | 36 | 18 | 50.00 | 18 | 50.00 | 27 | 75 | 9 | 25.00 | ||
Age (years) | |||||||||||
< 60 | 73 | 37 | 50.68 | 36 | 49.32 | 0.726 | 22 | 30.14 | 51 | 69.86 | 0.752 |
≥ 60 | 65 | 31 | 47.69 | 34 | 52.31 | 18 | 27.69 | 47 | 72.31 | ||
Tumor size (cm) | |||||||||||
≤ 3.5 | 56 | 30 | 53.57 | 26 | 46.43 | 0.404 | 17 | 41.46 | 39 | 95.12 | 0.769 |
>3.5 | 82 | 38 | 46.34 | 44 | 53.66 | 23 | 23.71 | 59 | 60.82 | ||
Tumor (T) statusa | |||||||||||
pT1 | 6 | 1 | 16.67 | 5 | 83.33 | 0.900 | 1 | 16.67 | 5 | 83.33 | 0.509 |
pT2 | 65 | 34 | 52.31 | 31 | 47.69 | 19 | 29.23 | 46 | 70.77 | ||
pT3 | 54 | 28 | 51.85 | 26 | 48.15 | 15 | 27.78 | 39 | 72.22 | ||
pT4 | 13 | 5 | 38.46 | 8 | 61.54 | 5 | 38.46 | 8 | 61.54 | ||
Nodal (N) statusb | |||||||||||
N0 | 84 | 46 | 54.76 | 38 | 45.24 | 0.108 | 27 | 32.14 | 57 | 67.86 | 0.308 |
N1 | 54 | 22 | 40.74 | 32 | 59.26 | 13 | 24.07 | 41 | 75.93 | ||
TNM stage | |||||||||||
II | 101 | 50 | 49.50 | 51 | 50.50 | 0.929 | 29 | 28.71 | 72 | 71.29 | 0.907 |
III | 37 | 18 | 48.65 | 19 | 51.35 | 11 | 29.73 | 26 | 70.27 | ||
Total | 138 |
The same description as in Table 1.