Table 3.
Necl 4 and RNase 5 staining rate and the association with prognostic factors in colon adenocarcinomas.
| Colon (chi-square test/Mann-Whitney U test) | No or less staining | High staining | p | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ±s.s./n-% | Mean ±s.s./n-% | ||||||||||
| Necl 4 | RNase 5 | Necl 4 | RNase 5 | Necl 4 | RNase 5 | ||||||
| Lymphovascular invasion | − | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 50.0% | 6 | 15.4% | 11 | 37.9% | 0.026 | 0.475 |
| + | 6 | 100.0% | 6 | 50.0% | 18 | 51.4% | 18 | 62.1% | |||
| Depth | Submucosa | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 8.6% | 3 | 10.3% | 1,000 | 0,820 |
| Muscle | 1 | 16.7% | 3 | 25.0% | 7 | 20.0% | 5 | 17.2% | |||
| Serosa | 5 | 83.3% | 9 | 75.0% | 25 | 71.4% | 21 | 72.4% | |||
| Perineural invasion | − | 1 | 16.7% | 8 | 66.7% | 22 | 62.9% | 15 | 51.7% | 0.035 | 0.380 |
| + | 5 | 83.3% | 4 | 33.3% | 13 | 37.1% | 14 | 48.3% | |||
| Vascular invasion | − | 1 | 16.7% | 8 | 66.7% | 23 | 65.7% | 16 | 55.2% | 0.024 | 0.497 |
| + | 5 | 83.3% | 4 | 33.3% | 12 | 34.3% | 13 | 44.8% | |||
| Metastasis | − | 1 | 16.7% | 7 | 58.3% | 17 | 48.6% | 11 | 37.9% | 0.146 | 0.231 |
| + | 5 | 83.3% | 5 | 41.7% | 18 | 51.4% | 18 | 62.1% | |||
| Differentiation | No staining | 1 | 16.7% | 7 | 58.3% | 11 | 31.4% | 5 | 17.2% | 0.227 | 0.002 |
| Less staining | 2 | 33.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 15 | 42.9% | 17 | 58.6% | |||
| High staining | 3 | 50.0% | 5 | 41.7% | 19 | 25.7% | 7 | 24.1% | |||