Table IV.

Association of fibulin-2 and β-catenin expression with clinicopathological characteristics of patients.

		Fibulin-2				β-catenin
Index	n	Negative (13)	Positive (36)	P-value	n	Positive (38)	Negative (11)	P-value
Sex				0.245				0.315
Male	26	6	20		27	21	6
Female	23	7	16		22	17	5
Age (years)				0.135				0.262
≤60	24	8	16		23	18	5
>60	25	5	20		26	20	6
Tumor size (cm)				0.038				0.019
≤3	16	4	12		19	10	9
>3	33	9	24		30	28	2
Differentiation degree				0.224				0.092
High and moderate differentiation	26	6	20		20	13	7
Low and no differentiation	23	7	16		29	25	4
Depth of infiltration				0.261				0.085
T1-T2	22	5	17		21	17	4
T3-T4	27	8	19		28	21	7
Lymph node metastasis				0.041				0.023
No	19	8	11		20	11	9
Yes	30	5	25		29	27	2
TNM stage				0.108				0.081
I–II	20	9	11		22	17	5
III–IV	29	4	25		27	21	6