Table 2.
Variables | High PDPN expression | Low PDPN expression | p value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 50 (52.6%) | n = 45 (47.4%) | ||||
Number of patients | % | Number of patients | % | ||
PDPN positive area (%) | 20.21 | 6.74 | <0.0001 | ||
Age (years) | 69.2 | 69 | 0.926 | ||
Sex | 0.675 | ||||
Male | 29 | 58 | 28 | 62.2 | |
Female | 21 | 42 | 17 | 37.8 | |
Histologic grade | 0.241 | ||||
G1 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 35.6 | |
G2 | 33 | 66 | 22 | 48.9 | |
G3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 15.6 | |
Tumor size (mm) | 28.3 | 27.5 | 0.791 | ||
Microscopic venous invasion | 0.152 | ||||
Yes | 46 | 92 | 37 | 82.2 | |
No | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17.8 | |
Microscopic lymphatic vessel invasion | 0.141 | ||||
Yes | 40 | 80 | 30 | 66.7 | |
No | 10 | 20 | 15 | 33.3 | |
UICC T category | 0.569 | ||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.2 | |
1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4.4 | |
2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.4 | |
3 | 44 | 88 | 40 | 88.9 | |
4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
UICC N category | 0.826 | ||||
0 | 20 | 40 | 19 | 42.2 | |
1 | 30 | 60 | 26 | 57.8 | |
UICC stage | 0.521 | ||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.2 | |
IA | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2.2 | |
IB | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.4 | |
IIA | 14 | 28 | 15 | 33.3 | |
IIB | 30 | 60 | 26 | 57.8 | |
III | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Recurrence | 0.409 | ||||
Yes | 33 | 66 | 26 | 57.8 | |
No | 17 | 34 | 19 | 42.2 |
Statistical significances were calculated using the student’s t test or the χ 2 test
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