Table 2. β-catenin expression and clinicopathological variables of astrocytoma.
| Pathological features | Cases | β-catenin score, n (%) | rs | P valuea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-99 | 100-199 | 200-300 | ||||
| Ageb | 160 | 0.542 | ||||
| Tumor sizec | 160 | 0.503 | ||||
| Gender | 0.100 | 0.209 | ||||
| Male | 95 | 31 (32.6) | 42 (44.2) | 22 (23.2) | ||
| Female | 65 | 18 (27.7) | 25 (38.5) | 22 (33.8) | ||
| Histological grade | 0.287 | 0.000 | ||||
| Grade II | 47 | 23 (48.9) | 19 (40.4) | 5 (10.6) | ||
| Grade III | 48 | 11 (22.9) | 24 (50.0) | 13 (27.1) | ||
| Grade IV | 65 | 15 (23.1) | 24 (36.9) | 26 (40.0) | ||
| Peritumoral edema | 0.032 | 0.689 | ||||
| Weak | 35 | 9 (25.7) | 15 (42.9) | 11 (31.4) | ||
| Moderate | 78 | 28 (35.9) | 33 (42.3) | 17 (21.8) | ||
| Strong | 47 | 12 (25.5) | 19 (40.4) | 16 (34.0) | ||
| Location | 0.096 | 0.192 | ||||
| Frontal | 54 | 18 (33.3) | 23 (42.6) | 13 (24.1) | ||
| Temporal | 47 | 13 (27.6) | 17 (36.2) | 17 (36.2) | ||
| Parietal | 14 | 6 (42.8) | 4 (28.6) | 4 (28.6) | ||
| Occipital | 7 | 3 (42.9) | 4 (57.1) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Cerebrum | 4 | 1 (25.0) | 3 (75.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Callosum/ventricle/thalamus | 12 | 5 (41.7) | 3 (25.0) | 4 (33.3) | ||
| More than one lobe | 22 | 3 (13.6) | 13 (59.1) | 6 (27.3) | ||
aP values were calculated by Spearman’s Rank-Correlation test.
bAge: 49 (9–80) years, F = 0.619, P = 0.542 (ANOVA test).
cTumor size: (4.7 ± 1.6) cm, F = 0.690, P = 0.503 (ANOVA test).