Table 1 The association between circβ-catenin expression level and clinicopathological characteristics in 36 cases of GBC patients.
circβ-catenin expression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinicopathological characteristics | The number of patients (n = 36) | Lower (n = 16) | Higher (n = 20) | P-value |
Age | 0.877 | |||
≤60 | 23 | 10 | 13 | |
>60 | 13 | 6 | 7 | |
Sex | 0.418 | |||
Male | 11 | 6 | 5 | |
Female | 25 | 10 | 15 | |
Tumor size | 0.821 | |||
<5 cm | 15 | 7 | 8 | |
≥5 cm | 21 | 9 | 12 | |
Histological grade | 0.709 | |||
Well and moderately | 19 | 9 | 10 | |
Poorly and others | 17 | 7 | 10 | |
Lymph node metastasis | 0.051 | |||
Negative | 16 | 10 | 6 | |
Positive | 20 | 6 | 14 | |
TNM stage | 0.021* | |||
I–II | 17 | 11 | 6 | |
III–IV | 19 | 5 | 14 | |
