Table 2. The correlation between clinicopathological characteristics and degree of fibros.
| Clinicopathologic variables | Degree of fibrosis in FF | Z∕J- value | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mildn (%) | Moderaten (%) | Highn (%) | |||
| Age (n = 169) | |||||
| ≤50 years | 5 (45.5%) | 32 (49.2%) | 42 (45.2%) | −0.397a | 0.691 |
| >50 years | 6 (54.5%) | 33 (50.8%) | 51 (54.8%) | ||
| Tumor size (n = 168) | |||||
| ≤2 cm | 6 (54.6%) | 27 (42.2%) | 26 (28.0%) | −2.276a | 0.023 |
| >2 cm | 5 (45.4%) | 37 (57.8%) | 67 (72.0%) | ||
| Lymph node | |||||
| metastasis (n = 166) | |||||
| No | 6 (54.5%) | 34 (53.1%) | 36 (39.6%) | −1.746a | 0.081 |
| Yes | 5 (45.5%) | 30 (46.9%) | 55 (60.4%) | ||
| stage (n = 165) | |||||
| I | 4 (36.4%) | 16 (25.4%) | 14 (15.4%) | 1.921b | 0.055 |
| II | 4 (36.4%) | 34 (54.0%) | 49 (53.8%) | ||
| III | 3 (27.2%) | 13 (20.6%) | 28 (30.8%) | ||
| Histological grade (n = 150) | |||||
| I ∼ II | 4 (40.0%) | 40 (67.8%) | 44 (54.3%) | −0.786a | 0.432 |
| III | 6 (60.0%) | 19 (32.2%) | 37 (45.6%) | ||
| Vascular invasion (n = 127) | |||||
| No | 8 (80.0%) | 29 (52.7%) | 23 (37.1%) | −2.559a | 0.011 |
| Yes | 2 (20.0%) | 26 (47.3%) | 39 (62.9%) | ||
| Lymphatic vessel | |||||
| invasion (n = 115) | |||||
| No | 10 (90.9%) | 32 (65.3%) | 22 (40.0%) | −3.523a | <0.001 |
| Yes | 1 (9.1%) | 17 (34.7%) | 33 (60.0%) | ||
| nervous infiltration | |||||
| (n = 113) | |||||
| No | 9 (81.8%) | 38 (76.0%) | 34 (65.4%) | −1.419a | 0.156 |
| Yes | 2 (18.2%) | 12 (24.0%) | 18 (34.6%) | ||
Notes.
a
Mann–whitney U test.
b
Jonckheere-Terpstra test.