Table 3. Association between AHNAK2 expression and the clinicpathological features of PDAC.

Characteristics	Number	AHNAK2 expression		P value
		High (n=48)	Low (n=31)
Age (years)
<65	49	31	18	0.56
≥65	30	17	13
Gender
Male	47	25	22	0.10
Female	32	23	9
Pathology grade
I-II	57	35	22	0.85
above II	22	13	9
Vessel/nerve invasion
Yes	36	21	15	0.69
No	43	27	16
Tumor invasion depth
T1, T2	63	41	22	0.12
T3, T4	16	7	9
Lymph node metastasis
N0	47	26	21	0.56
N1	32	22	10
Distant metastasis
M0	78	47	31	>0.99
M1	1	1	0
AJCC-stage
I-II	36	21	15	0.69
above II	43	27	16
Family history
Yes	0	0	0	>0.99
No	79	48	31
Smoking history
Yes	18	10	8	0.61
No	61	38	23
Drinking history
Yes	18	11	7	0.97
No	61	37	24
Type II diabetes
Yes	13	8	5	0.95
No	66	40	26

P<0.05 was considered as statistically significant.