Gene expression profiling of canine osteosarcoma reveals genes associated with short and long survival times

Table 2 Distribution of variables between the SS and LS groups by Fisher's exact test

Parameter	Short survivors	Long survivors	(Fisher's exact test) P value
	n	n
Gender			> 0.999
Male	9	9
Female	7	7
Neuter status			> 0.999
Neutered	5	6
Intact	11	10
Metastasis present at time of death			0.018**
Yes	16	10
No	0	6
Postoperative chemotherapy			0.458
No	7	4
Yes	9	12
Histological grade			> 0.999
Low and medium	3	4
High	13	12

Analysis on discrete variables comparing the short and long survivors revealed no significant differences in the distribution of variables assessed except for metastatic disease status. **Significance defined as P < 0.05.

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