Table 1 Correlations between HSF1 staining and clinicopathologic characteristics of 50 pancreatic carcinoma patients
Variables | HSF1 staining | Total | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | High | |||
Age (y) | ||||
 < 45 | 2 (33%) | 4 (67%) | 6 | 0.662 |
 ≥ 45 | 11 (25%) | 33 (75%) | 44 |  |
Sex | ||||
 Male | 9 (33%) | 18 (67%) | 27 | 0.200 |
 Female | 4 (17%) | 19 (83%) | 23 |  |
Drinking history | ||||
 No | 6 (21%) | 23 (78%) | 29 | 0.314 |
 Yes | 7 (33%) | 14 (67%) | 21 |  |
Tumor location | ||||
 Head | 7 (27%) | 19 (73%) | 26 | 0.877 |
 Body | 6 (25%) | 18 (75%) | 24 |  |
Tumor number | ||||
 Solitary | 9 (26%) | 26 (74%) | 35 | 0.944 |
 Multiple | 4 (27%) | 11 (73%) | 15 |  |
Tumor diameter (cm) | ||||
 < 2 | 8 (24%) | 26 (76%) | 34 | 0.562 |
 ≥ 2 | 5 (31%) | 11 (69%) | 16 |  |
Tumor differentiation | ||||
 I-II | 9 (45%) | 11 (55%) | 20 | 0.012a |
 III-IV | 4 (13%) | 26 (87%) | 30 |  |