Table 1.
Expression of IDO2, clinical-pathological parameters and other microenvironmental molecule associations.
| Parameter | IDO2 low | IDO2 high | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | p | N | % | |
| 31 | 16 | 160 | 84 | 191 | 100 | ||
| GENDER | |||||||
| M | 23 | 17 | 114 | 83 | 0.739 | 137 | 72 |
| F | 8 | 15 | 46 | 85 | 54 | 28 | |
| AGE | |||||||
| <68 years | 13 | 15 | 74 | 85 | 0.659 | 87 | 46 |
| ≥68 years | 18 | 17 | 86 | 83 | 104 | 54 | |
| SMOKING | |||||||
| Current smokers | 13 | 17 | 64 | 83 | 0.910 | 77 | 40 |
| Former smokers | 16 | 16 | 82 | 84 | 98 | 51 | |
| Never smokers | 2 | 12 | 14 | 88 | 16 | 9 | |
| RELAPSE | |||||||
| Yes | 12 | 16 | 61 | 84 | 0.951 | 73 | 38 |
| No | 19 | 16 | 99 | 84 | 118 | 62 | |
| EXITUS | |||||||
| Yes | 6 | 9 | 58 | 91 | 0.068 | 64 | 34 |
| No | 25 | 20 | 102 | 80 | 127 | 66 | |
| STAGE | |||||||
| Adcastage | 122 | 64 | |||||
| I | 6 | 8 | 68 | 92 | 0.964 | 74 | 61 |
| II - III | 4 | 8 | 44 | 92 | 48 | 39 | |
| Sqccbstage | 69 | 36 | |||||
| I | 7 | 26 | 20 | 74 | 0.513 | 27 | 39 |
| II - III | 14 | 33 | 28 | 67 | 42 | 61 | |
| HISTOTYPE | |||||||
| Adca | 10 | 8 | 112 | 92 | <0.001 | 122 | 64 |
| Sqccb | 21 | 30 | 48 | 70 | 69 | 36 | |
| Adca pattern | 122 | 64 | |||||
| Other than solid | 6 | 6 | 89 | 94 | 0.155 | 95 | 78 |
| Solid | 4 | 15 | 23 | 85 | 27 | 22 | |
| TILs DENSITY | |||||||
| Adca | 122 | 64 | |||||
| Low | 5 | 8 | 57 | 92 | 0.956 | 62 | 51 |
| High | 5 | 8 | 55 | 92 | 60 | 49 | |
| Sqccb | 69 | 36 | |||||
| Low | 12 | 34 | 23 | 66 | 0.480 | 35 | 51 |
| High | 9 | 26 | 25 | 74 | 34 | 49 | |
| TILs LOCALIZATION | |||||||
| Adca | 122 | 64 | |||||
| Intratumoral | 4 | 6 | 61 | 94 | <0.001 | 65 | 53 |
| Peritumoral | 5 | 71 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 6 | |
| Mixed | 4 | 9 | 42 | 91 | 46 | 38 | |
| Absent | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 3 | |
| Sqccb | 69 | 36 | |||||
| Intratumoral | 8 | 33 | 16 | 67 | 0.905 | 24 | 35 |
| Peritumoral | 2 | 29 | 5 | 71 | 7 | 10 | |
| Mixed | 11 | 30 | 26 | 70 | 37 | 54 | |
| Absent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 1 | |
| IDO1 | |||||||
| Adca | 122 | 64 | |||||
| Low | 4 | 7 | 52 | 93 | 0.695 | 56 | 46 |
| High | 6 | 9 | 60 | 91 | 66 | 54 | |
| Sqccb | 69 | 36 | |||||
| Low | 10 | 32 | 21 | 68 | 0.766 | 31 | 45 |
| High | 11 | 29 | 27 | 71 | 38 | 55 | |
| PD-L1 | |||||||
| Adca | 122 | 64 | |||||
| Low | 6 | 6 | 96 | 94 | 0.035 | 102 | 84 |
| High | 4 | 20 | 16 | 80 | 20 | 16 | |
| Sqccb | 69 | 36 | |||||
| Low | 19 | 40 | 29 | 60 | 0.012 | 48 | 70 |
| High | 2 | 10 | 19 | 90 | 21 | 30 | |
Adc: adenocarcinoma.
Sqcc: squamous cell carcinoma.