Table 2.

Correlations between the RP11-147l13.8 expression level and clinicopathological characteristics in GBC patients

Characteristics	RP11-147l13.8
	Low (n = 48)	High (n = 48)	p value
Age, years
≤60	27	23	0.414
>60	21	25
Gender
Female	29	27	0.679
Male	19	21
Diabetes mellitus
No	25	28	0.538
Yes	23	20
CA 19-9 (U/mL)
≤37	26	21	0.841
>37	19	24
Tumor size (cm)
≤2.5	21	35	0.004
>2.5	27	13
Venous invasion
No	28	40	p < 0.001
Yes	20	8
Grade
Well-differentiated	7	14	0.224
Moderately differentiated	25	21
Poorly differentiated	16	13
TNM stage
I+II	39	46	0.025
III+IV	9	2

Pearson chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test. CA 19-9, carbohydrate antigen 19-9; TNM, tumor, lymph node, metastasis.