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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Pathol. 2021 Sep 27;119:15–27. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2021.09.009

Table 2.

Clinical, morphological, and mutational correlates of pseudoglands.

Factor Total Pseudoglands present Pseudoglands negative P (yes versus no pseudoglands)

Total 338 132 (39%) 206 (61%)
Gender 0.001
 Male 231 104 (45% of gender) 127 (55%)
 Female 107 28 (26%) 79 (74%)
Age (mean ± SD)
 All 58.5 ± 13.8 59.5 ± 14.2 58.0 ± 13.4 0.31
 Male 57.8 ± 12.9 59.4 ± 12.6 56.5 ± 13 0.10
 Female 60.2 ± 15.3 60.0 ± 18.9 60.2 ± 14.0 0.96
Ethnicity 0.32 (grouped together: Hispanic, native American and not stated)
 White 159 61 91
 Asian 157 56 100
 Black 14 8 5
 Hispanic 10 5 5
 Native American 1 0 1
 Not stated 6 2 4
Tumor subtype 0.002392 (FLC and below grouped together)
 NOS 275 116 152
 Steatohepatitic 22 3 19
 Scirrhous 21 2 16
 Clear cell 14 3 11
 FLC 6 5 2
 Lymphocyte rich 3 1 2
 Cirrhotomimmetic 3 2 1
 Sarcomatoid 2 0 2
 Myxoid 1 0 1
Tumor grade predominate 0.014
 1 22 10 19
 2 71 48 43
 3 148 53 94
 4 103 21 50
Tumor necrosis 0.002
 Yes 69 (20%) 16 (12%) 53 (26%)
 No 269 (80%) 116 (78%) 153 (74%)
Tumor hyaline bodies 0.155
 Yes 43 (44%) 15 35
 No 304 117 171
Tumor bile <0.0001
 Yes 79 64 15
 No 288 68 191
Tumor inflammation 0.33
 Yes 93 32 60
 No 254 100 146
Tumor steatosis (>5%) 0.057
 Yes 80 (24%) 24 56 (x%)
 No 258 108 150
Tumor fibrosis 0.5
 Yes 95 27 62
 No 252 105 144
No. somatic mutations
 All 166 ± 177 170 ± 172 167 ± 184 0.89
 Male 179 ± 203 181 ± 189 177 ± 218 0.90
 Female 141 ± 100 128 ± 69 150 ± 111 0.33
Any Wnt mutation (CTNNB1, AXIN, and APC) <0.001
 Yes 128 70 58
 No 210 62 148
CTNNB1 mutation <0.001
 CTNNB1 mutation alone 88 55 33
 CTNNB1 + AXIN/APC 6 3 3
 No CTNNB1 mutation 244 74 170
AXIN mutation 0.34
 AXIN mutation alone 26 7 19
 AXIN + CTNNB1/APC 3 0 3
 No AXIN mutation 309 125 184
CTNNB1 and or APC <0.001
 Yes 104 63 39
 No 243 69 167