Table I.
Association between UCA1 expression and clinicopathological characteristics of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
| UCA1 expression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Cases (n=66) | Low (n=32) | High (n=34) | P-value |
| Age (years) | 0.810 | |||
| <55 | 30 | 14 | 16 | |
| ≥55 | 36 | 18 | 18 | |
| Sex | 0.460 | |||
| Male | 35 | 15 | 20 | |
| Female | 31 | 17 | 14 | |
| Tumor focality | 0.477 | |||
| Solitary | 57 | 29 | 28 | |
| Multiple | 9 | 3 | 6 | |
| Histologic grade | 0.171 | |||
| Well-moderate | 48 | 26 | 22 | |
| Poor | 18 | 6 | 12 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | 0.034 | |||
| Present | 14 | 3 | 11 | |
| Absent | 52 | 29 | 23 | |
| Vascular invasion | 0.083 | |||
| Present | 26 | 9 | 17 | |
| Absent | 40 | 23 | 17 | |
| HBV infection | 0.477 | |||
| Present | 9 | 3 | 6 | |
| Absent | 57 | 29 | 28 | |
| Clinical T-stage | 0.027 | |||
| T1/T2 | 38 | 23 | 15 | |
| T3/T4 | 28 | 9 | 19 | |
UCA1, urothelial carcinoma-associated 1.