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. 2021 Jun 25;36(11):2497–2510. doi: 10.1007/s00384-021-03985-9

Table 2.

Correlation between PD-L1 antibody, clone QR and the clinicopathological features

PD-L1 IHC clone QR
Overall TPS IC
Feature Positive (n/%) Negative (n/%) p value Positive (n/%) Negative (n/%) p value Positive (n/%) Negative (n/%) p value

Gender

Male

Female

66 (41.3)

97 (52.4)

94 (58.8)

88 (47.6)

0.025

21 (13.0)

40 (21.5)

140 (87.0)

146 (78.5)

0.027

63 (39.1)

94 (50.5)

98 (60.9)

92 (49.5)

0.022

pT

1

2

3

4

9 (40.9)

20 (41.3)

104 (50.7)

30 (38.0)

13 (59.1)

19 (48.7)

101 (49.3)

49 (62.0)

0.228

3 (13.0)

5 (12.8)

40 (19.4)

13 (16.5)

20 (87.0)

34 (87.2)

166 (80.6)

66 (83.5)

0.686

9 (39.1)

20 (51.3)

99 (48.1)

29 (36.7)

14 (60.9)

19 (48.7)

107 (51.9)

50 (63.3)

0.272

pN

0

1

2

108 (54.5)

42 (47.5)

17 (25.4)

90 (45.5)

38 (52.5)

50 (74.6)

 < 0.001

36 (18.2)

19 (23.2)

6 (9.0)

162 (81.8)

63 (76.8)

61 (91.0)

0.072

105 (53.0)

36 (43.9)

16 (23.9)

93 (47.0)

46 (56.1)

51 (76.1)

 < 0.001

M

0

1

154 (53.1)

9 (16.4)

136 (46.9)

46 (83.6)

 < 0.001

56 (19.2)

5 (9.1)

236 (80.8)

50 (90.9)

0.047

149 (51.0)

8 (14.5)

143 (49.0)

47 (85.5)

 < 0.001

Grading

Low grade

High grade

121 (44.0)

42 (60.0)

154 (56.0)

28 (40.0)

0.012

39 (14.1)

22 (31.4)

238 (95.9)

48 (68.6)

0.001

117 (42.2)

40 (57.1)

160 (57.8)

30 (42.9)

0.018

Mucinous

Yes

No (NOS)

7 (29.2)

156 (58.6)

17 (70.8)

165 (51.4)

0.050

0 (0.0)

61 (18.9)

24 (100.0)

262 (81.1)

0.008

7 (29.2)

150 (46.4)

17 (70.8)

173 (53.6)

0.075

TNM stage

I

II

III

IV

25 (49.0)

83 (59.3)

45 (47.4)

10 (16.9)

26 (51.0)

57 (40.7)

50 (52.6)

49 (83.1)

 < 0.001

7 (13.7)

30 (21.4)

19 (19.6)

5 (8.5)

44 (86.3)

110 (78.6)

78 (80.4)

54 (91.5)

0.133

25 (49.0)

80 (57.1)

43 (44.3)

9 (15.3)

26 (51.0)

60 (42.9)

54 (55.7)

50 (84.7)

 < 0.001

Localization

Right-sided

Left-sided

126 (53.4)

37 (33.9)

110 (46.6)

72 (66.1)

0.001

47 (19.7)

14 (12.8)

191 (80.3)

95 (87.2)

0.076

121 (50.8)

36 (33.0)

117 (49.2)

73 (67.0)

0.001

L

0

1

106 (50.7)

57 (41.99

103 (41.9)

79 (58.1)

0.068

35 (16.6)

26 (19.1)

176 (83.4)

110 (80.9)

0.321

104 (49.3)

53 (39.0)

107 (50.7)

83 (61.0)

0.038

V

0

1

138 (50.7)

25 (34.2)

134 (49.3)

48 (65.8)

0.008

49 (17.9)

12 (16.4)

225 (82.1)

61 (83.6)

0.463

132 (48.2)

25 (34.2)

142 (51.8)

48 (65.8)

0.023

KRAS

Wild type

Mutated

19 (39.6)

16 (36.4)

29 (60.4)

28 (63.6)

0.459

5 (10.2)

4 (9.1)

44 (89.8)

40 (90.9)

0.569

19 (38.8)

15 (34.1)

30 (61.2)

29 (65.9)

0.401

MMR

Proficient

Deficient

101 (42.4)

48 (65.8)

137 (57.6)

25 (34.2)

 < 0.001

31 (13.0)

23 (31.5)

208 (87.0)

50 (68.5)

 < 0.001

97 (40.6)

47 (64.4)

142 (59.4)

26 (35.6)

 < 0.001

Budding

Low

Intermediate

High

130 (49.2)

30 (43.5)

3 (25.0)

134 (50.8)

39 (56.5)

9 (75.0)

0.098

52 (19.5)

9 (87.0)

0 (0.0)

214 (80.5)

60 (13.0)

12 (100.0)

0.044

126 (47.4)

28 (40.6)

3 (25.0)

140 (52.6)

41 (59.4)

9 (75.0)

0.091

TILs

 ≤ 5%

 > 5%

63 (35.8)

100 (59.2)

113 (64.2)

69 (40.8)

 < 0.001

15 (8.5)

46 (27.1)

162 (91.5)

124 (72.9)

 < 0.001

60 (33.9)

97 (57.1)

117 (66.1)

73 (42.9)

 < 0.001

Statistically significant values are indicated in italics

IHC immunohistochemistry, TPS tumor positivity score, IC immunocell score, TILs tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, TNM tumor node metastasis, KRAS Kirsten rat sarkoma, MMR mismatch repair