2.
Variables | β-catenin expression, n (%) | χ2 | P | |||
0 | + | ++ | +++ | |||
Age, years | 2.379 | 0.498 | ||||
<30 | 3 (13.6) | 3 (13.7) | 15 (68.2) | 1 (4.5) | ||
>30 | 35 (26.7) | 17 (12.9) | 69 (52.6) | 10 (7.6) | ||
Gender | 0.727 | 0.867 | ||||
Female | 27 (23.8) | 14 (12.3) | 63 (55.7) | 9 (7.9) | ||
Male | 11 (27.5) | 6 (15.0) | 21 (52.5) | 2 (5.0) | ||
Location | 4.971 | 0.548 | ||||
Hemispheric | 29 (29.2) | 13 (13.1) | 50 (50.5) | 7 (7.0) | ||
Skull base | 8 (20.0) | 4 (10.0) | 25 (62.5) | 3 (7.5) | ||
Spinal | 1 (7.2) | 3 (21.4) | 9 (64.3) | 1 (7.1) | ||
Histologic type | 60.234 | <0.001 | ||||
Transitional | 5 (8.3) | 8 (13.3) | 42 (70.0) | 5 (8.3) | ||
Meningotheliomatous | 11 (26.8) | 1 (2.4) | 24 (58.5) | 5 (12.1) | ||
Psammomatous | 3 (25.0) | 0 | 8 (66.6) | 1 (8.4) | ||
Fibroblastic | 3 (27.3) | 5 (45.4) | 3 (27.3) | 0 | ||
Atypical | 11 (61.1) | 5 (27.8) | 2 (11.1) | 0 | ||
Microcystic | 1 (33.3) | 0 | 2 (66.7) | 0 | ||
Metaplastic | 1 (50.0) | 0 | 1 (50.0) | 0 | ||
Angiomatous | 0 | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 0 | ||
Malignant | 3 (100.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Histologic grade | 40.522 | <0.001 | ||||
Grade 1 | 23 (17.5) | 14 (10.7) | 83 (63.4) | 11 (8.4) | ||
Grade 2 | 12 (63.1) | 6 (31.5) | 1 (52.6) | 0 | ||
Grade 3 | 3 (100.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Recurrence | 21.798 | <0.001 | ||||
No | 27 (20.3) | 14 (10.5) | 81 (60.9) | 11 (8.2) | ||
Yes | 11 (55.0) | 6 (30.0) | 3 (15.0) | 0 | ||
Brain invasion | 37.116 | <0.001 | ||||
No | 23 (17.6) | 14 (10.7) | 83 (63.4) | 11 (8.4) | ||
Yes | 15 (68.2) | 6 (27.3) | 1 (4.5) | 0 |