Table 2 Associations between demographic/treatment factors and FNB p40 H-score.

From: Morphological and p40 immunohistochemical analysis of squamous differentiation in endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle biopsies of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Variable

Category

N

P40 H-score Median [IQR]

P-value

Age

 ≤ 65

26

1 [0, 6]

0.39

66–75

51

2 [0, 15]

 

 > 75

29

1 [0, 2]

 

Gender

Female

53

1 [0, 2]

0.25

Male

53

2 [0, 6]

 

Operability

Borderline

22

2 [0, 15]

0.35

Locally advanced

38

1 [0, 2]

 

Metastatic

21

2 [0, 3]

 

Operable

25

2 [0, 9]

 

Operability* (binary)

Inoperable*

81

1 [0, 6]

0.37

Operable

25

2 [0, 9]

 

Resection**

No**

90

1 [0, 6]

0.06

Yes

16

3 [1, 12]

 

Chemotherapy

None

27

1 [0, 21]

0.30

Palliative

53

1 [1, 6]

 

Adjuvant

14

3 [2, 12]

 

Neo-adjuvant

12

1 [0, 8]

 
  1. *Inoperable combines patients with borderline, locally advanced and metastatic PDAC.
  2. **No resection includes all inoperable patients and patients who did not undergo an operation for reasons unrelated to PDAC.
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