Table 2 Association of PD-L1 expression according to CPS with clinico-pathologic features.

From: PD-L1 in small bowel adenocarcinoma is associated with etiology and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, in addition to microsatellite instability

 

PD-L1

PD-L1+

p value

(CPS < 1)

(CPS ≥ 1)

Number, N (%)

90 (74)

31 (26)

 

Age at SBA diagnosis

Median (25–75th IQR)

62 (52–71)

56 (52–67)

0.421

Sex, N (%)

   

Female

Male

38 (86)

51 (67)

6 (14)

25 (33)

0.029

Etiologic group, N (%)

  

0.001

CeD-SBA

CrD-SBA

Sporadic SBA

22 (65)

32 (65)

36 (95)

12 (35)

17 (35)

2 (5)

 

Site, N (%)

  

0.172

Duodenum

Jejunum

Ileum

8 (73)

41 (84)

41 (68)

3 (27)

8 (16)

19 (32)

 

Stage, N (%)

  

0.212

I

II

III

IV

8 (73)

39 (71)

30 (73)

11 (100)

3 (27)

16 (29)

11 (27)

0 (0)

 

Histotype, N (%)

  

0.011

Glandular

Medullary

Diffuse

Mixed

Solid

49 (75)

2 (22)

12 (86)

21 (81)

6 (86)

16 (25)

7 (78)

2 (14)

5 (19)

1 (14)

 

PD-1+ intratumoural cells/HPF

Median (25–75th IQR)

1.1

(0.1–5.5)

7.2

(2.8–28.5)

<0.001

PD-1+ peritumoural cells/HPF

Median (25–75th IQR)

1.9

(0.4–7.8)

13.8

(5.3–29.3)

<0.001

PD-1+ total cells/HPF

Median (25–75th IQR)

2.8

(1.0–16.2)

23.8

(8.0–64.3)

<0.001

CD3+ TILs/HPF

Median (25–75th IQR)

7.0

(2.1–24.2)

21.3

(15.1–75.2)

<0.001

CD8+ TILs/HPF

Median (25–75th IQR)

5.2

(1.0–19.3)

52.5

(10.7–93.0)

0.008

MSI status,(%)

  

0.013

Non-MSI

MSI-H

67 (82)

23 (59)

15 (18)

16 (41)

 

CDX2 expression, N (%)

  

1.000

Negative

Positive

29 (76)

60 (74)

9 (24)

21 (26)

 

L-FABP expression, N (%)

  

0.036

Negative

Positive

59 (69)

30 (88)

27 (31)

4 (12)

 
  1. CeD-SBA celiac disease-associated small bowel adenocarcinoma, CPS combined positive score, CrD-SBA Crohn’s disease-associated small bowel adenocarcinoma, HPF high-power field, IQR interquartile range, L-FABP liver fatty acid-binding protein, MSI microsatellite instability, MSI-H microsatellite instability-high, PD-1 programmed cell death protein-1, PD-L1 programmed cell death ligand 1, SBA small bowel adenocarcinoma, TIL tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte.