Table 1.

Correlation of intra-tumoral SC density with clinicopathological features in PDAC samples

Variables	Number of cases	Low GFAP+/ S100+ group	High GFAP+/ S100+ group	p value
Age (years)
≤ 60	26	9 (11.3%)	17 (21.3%)	0.057
>60	54	31 (38.8%)	23 (28.8%)
Gender
Male	43	19 (23.8%)	24 (30%)	0.268
Female	37	21 (26.3%)	16 (20%)
Histological grade
Well	13	5 (6.3%)	8 (10%)	0.104
Moderate	49	23 (28.8%)	26 (32.5%)
Poor	18	12 (15%)	6 (7.5%)
Lymph node metastasis
No	31	15 (18.8%)	16 (20%)	0.821
Yes	49	25 (31.3%)	24(30%)
Distant metastases
No	65	36 (45%)	29 (36.3%)	0.046*
Yes	15	4 (5%)	11 (13.8%)
TNM stage
Ⅰ-Ⅱ	57	28 (35%)	29 (36.3%)	0.808
Ⅲ-Ⅳ	23	12 (15%)	11 (13.8%)
Vascular invasion
No	56	33 (41.3%)	23 (28.8%)	0.014*
Yes	24	7 (8.8%)	17 (21.3%)
Perineural invasion
No	38	24 (30%)	14 (17.5%)	0.025*
Yes	42	16 (20%)	26 (32.5%)

*Denotes statistical significance. *p < 0.05