Table 3.
Association between TILs grade and TLS in EBVnGC and EBVaGC.
| Variables | EBVnGC | P value | EBVaGC | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | TLS-absent | TLS-present | n (%) | TLS-absent | TLS-present | |||
| TILs | 0.001 | 0.701 | ||||||
| grade 1 | 661 (82.2) | 217 (32.8) | 444 (67.2) | 22 (52.4) | 8 (61.5) | 14 (48.3) | ||
| grade 2 | 131 (16.3) | 22 (16.8) | 109 (83.2) | 15 (35.7) | 4 (30.8) | 11 (37.9) | ||
| grade 3 | 12 (1.5) | 2 (16.7) | 10 (83.3) | 5 (11.9) | 1 (7.7) | 4 (13.8) | ||
| Total, n | 804 (100.0) | 241 (30.0) | 563 (70.0) | 42 (100.0) | 13 (31.0) | 29 (69.0) | ||
TILs, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes; TLS, tertiary lymphoid structures.