Molecular Cancer

Table 2 Association of SPOCK1 expression with the clinicopathological characteristics of GBC

From: SPOCK1 as a potential cancer prognostic marker promotes the proliferation and metastasis of gallbladder cancer cells by activating the PI3K/AKT pathway

Variable	Category	No. of cases	SPOCK1
Variable	Category	No. of cases	No. of positive cases (%)	χ2	p
Age	<60	18	11 (61.1)	0.021	0.886
Age	≥60	46	29 (59.2)		0.886
Sex	Male	22	14 (63.6)	0.018	0.892
Sex	Female	42	26 (61.9)		0.892
Jaundice	Present	33	21 (63.6)	0.038	0.846
Jaundice	Absent	31	19 (61.3)		0.846
Associated gallstone	Present	42	25 (59.5)	0.462	0.497
Associated gallstone	Absent	22	15 (68.2)		0.497
Histology differentiation	Well or moderate	43	22 (51.2)	7.187	0.012
Histology differentiation	Poor	21	18 (85.7)	7.187	0.012
Tumor invasion(AJCC)	Tis-T₁	15	7 (46.7)	2.096	0.148
Tumor invasion(AJCC)	T₂-T₄	49	33 (67.3)	2.096	0.148
Lymph node metastasis	Absent	43	20 (46.5)	14.293	<0.001
Lymph node metastasis	Present	21	20 (95.2)	14.293	<0.001
TNM stage(AJCC)	0-I	15	7 (46.7)	2.096	0.148
TNM stage(AJCC)	II-IV	49	33 (67.3)	2.096	0.148
Total	64	40 (62.5)

Bold values indicate statistical significance, P < 0.05.

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