Table 1.

The relationship between clinicopathological features and PLOD2 expression in 22 osteosarcoma patients.

Parameters	Total number	PLOD2 expression
		Low (n=11) high (n=11) p Value
Gender
Male	13	6	7
Female	9	5	4	0.665
Age
<18	19	9	10
≥18	3	2	1	0.534
Enneking stage
I + IIA	12	9	3
IIB/III	10	2	8	* 0.01
Tumor size
≤ 5	12	7	5
> 5	10	4	6	0.392
Location
Tibia/femur	14	8	6
Elsewhere	8	3	5	0.375
Metastasis
Yes	12	10	2
No	10	1	9	** 0.001
Total	22	11	11

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, chi-square test.