Table 1. Association between Xist expression and clinicopathological factors of osteosarcoma patients.
Variables | Number of cases | Xist expression | P | |
---|---|---|---|---|
High (n=40) | Low(n=26) | |||
Gender | ||||
Female | 31 | 19 | 12 | 0.915 |
Male | 35 | 21 | 14 | |
Age(years) | ||||
≥20 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 0.691 |
<20 | 31 | 18 | 13 | |
Tumor size | ||||
≤8cm | 30 | 14 | 16 | |
>8cm | 36 | 26 | 10 | 0.034 |
Location | ||||
Tibia/femur | 41 | 22 | 19 | |
Elsewhere | 25 | 18 | 7 | 0.139 |
Clinical stage | ||||
I/II | 28 | 17 | 15 | |
III | 38 | 23 | 11 | 0.228 |
Distant metastasis | ||||
Absent | 40 | 29 | 21 | |
Present | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0.444 |