Table 2 Association between clinicopathological features with B7-H3, B7-H4, and PD-L1 expression in primary tumors.

From: B7-H3 immune checkpoint expression is a poor prognostic factor in colorectal carcinoma

Characteristics

n (%)

B7-H3 expression

B7-H4 expression

PD-L1 expression

  

Positive

Negative

P value

Positive

Negative

P value

Positive

Negative

P value

All cases

805

410

395

 

234

571

 

235

570

 

Sex

   

0.310

  

0.177

  

0.417

 Male

446 (55.4%)

220 (49.3%)

226 (50.7%)

 

121 (27.1%)

325 (72.9%)

 

125 (28%)

321 (72%)

 

 Female

359 (44.6%)

190 (52.9%)

169 (47.1%)

 

113 (31.5%)

246 (68.5%)

 

110 (30.6%)

249 (69.4%)

 

Age (years)

   

0.259

  

0.947

  

0.342

 <60

432 (53.7%)

228 (52.8%)

204 (47.2%)

 

126 (29.2%)

306 (70.8%)

 

120 (27.8%)

312 (72.2%)

 

 ≥60

373 (46.3%)

182 (48.8%)

191 (51.2%)

 

108 (29%)

265 (71%)

 

115 (30.8%)

258 (69.2%)

 

Tumor location

  

0.127

  

0.945

  

0.299

 Rectum

417 (51.8%)

198 (47.5%)

219 (52.5%)

 

120 (28.8%)

297 (71.2%)

 

115 (27.6%)

302 (72.4%)

 

 Left colon

217 (27%)

118 (54.4%)

99 (45.6%)

 

65 (30%)

152 (70%)

 

62 (28.6%)

155 (71.4%)

 

 Right colon

171 (21.2%)

94 (55%)

77 (45%)

 

49 (28.7%)

122 (71.3%)

 

58 (33.9%)

113 (66.1%)

 

Tumor differentiation

  

0.429

  

0.093

  

0.607

 Well-moderate

736 (91.4%)

378 (51.4%)

358 (48.6%)

 

220 (29.9%)

516 (70.1%)

 

213 (28.9%)

523 (71.1%)

 

 Poor

69 (8.6%)

32 (46.4%)

37 (53.6%)

 

14 (20.3%)

55 (79.7%)

 

22 (31.9%)

47 (68.1%)

 

TNM stage

   

<0.001

  

0.004

  

0.089

 I-II

342 (42.5%)

146 (42.7%)

196 (57.3%)

 

81 (23.7%)

261 (76.3%)

 

89 (26%)

253 (74%)

 

 III-IV

463 (57.5%)

264 (57%)

199 (43%)

 

153 (33%)

310 (67%)

 

146 (31.5%)

317 (68.5%)

 

MMR status

   

0.926

  

0.440

  

0.023

 dMMR

68 (8.4%)

35 (51.5%)

33 (48.5%)

 

17 (25%)

51 (75%)

 

28 (41.2%)

40 (58.8%)

 

 pMMR

737 (91.6%)

375 (50.9%)

362 (49.1%)

 

217 (29.4%)

520 (70.6%)

 

207 (28.1%)

530 (71.9%)

 

Adjuvant treatment

   

0.336

  

0.953

  

0.055

 No

242 (30.1%)

117 (48.3%)

125 (51.7%)

 

70 (28.9%)

172 (71.1%)

 

82 (33.9%)

160 (66.1%)

 

 Yes

563 (69.9%)

293 (52%)

270 (48%)

 

164 (29.1%)

399 (70.9%)

 

153 (27.2%)

410 (72.8%)

 

KRAS mutationa

   

0.970

  

0.313

  

0.071

 Yes

129 (16%)

66 (51.2%)

63 (48.8%)

 

41 (31.8%)

88 (68.2%)

 

45 (34.9%)

84 (65.1%)

 

 No

181 (22.5%)

93 (51.4%)

88 (48.6%)

 

48 (26.5%)

133 (73.5%)

 

46 (25.4%)

135 (74.6%)

 
  1. MMR mismatch repair, dMMR deficient mismatch repair, pMMR proficient mismatch repair.
  2. aThree hudred ten patients were available for analysis.