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Table 3 Correlation between clinicopathological findings and immunochemical staining

From: Response gene to complement-32 enhances metastatic phenotype by mediating transforming growth factor beta-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human pancreatic cancer cell line BxPC-3

 

cases

RGC-32 positive

Abnormal E-cadherin

  

n

%

P-value

n

%

P-value

Age

   

0.831

  

0.990

   < 45

7

5

71.4

 

4

57.1

 

45-59

22

18

81.8

 

12

54.5

 

   > = 60

13

10

76.9

 

7

53.8

 

Gender

   

1.000

  

1.000

   Male

21

17

81.0

 

11

52.4

 

   Female

21

16

76.2

 

12

57.1

 

Differentiation

   

0.629

  

0.024

   Well

16

12

75.0

 

5

31.3

 

   Moderately

11

8

72.7

 

6

54.5

 

   Poorly

15

13

86.7

 

12

80.0

 

Lymph node metastasis

   

0.016

  

0.004

   Negative

16

9

56.3

 

4

25.0

 

   Positive

26

24

92.3

 

19

73.1

 

TNM staging

   

0.025

  

0.004

   I-II

18

11

61.1

 

5

27.8

 

   III-IV

24

22

91.7

 

18

75.0