Table 2 ADAM12 expression correlated with clinical pathological characteristics (logistic regression).

From: ADAM12 is an independent predictor of poor prognosis in liver cancer

Characteristics

Total (N)

Odds ratio (OR)

P value

T stage (T2 & T3 & T4 vs. T1)

371

1.943 (1.288–2.943)

0.002

N stage (N1 vs. N0)

258

3.298 (0.416–67.150)

0.304

M stage (M1 vs. M0)

272

1.078 (0.128–9.087)

0.941

Pathological stage (Stage III & Stage IV & Stage II vs. Stage I)

350

1.911 (1.252–2.931)

0.003

Tumour status (with tumour vs. tumour-free)

355

1.267 (0.832–1.933)

0.270

Age (> 60 vs. ≤ 60 years)

373

0.748 (0.497–1.124)

0.163

Gender (male vs. female)

374

0.627 (0.403–0.969)

0.036

Histological grade (G3 & G2 & G4 vs. G1)

369

1.748 (0.979–3.185)

0.062

Vascular invasion (yes vs. no)

318

1.330 (0.837–2.117)

0.228

Race (White & Black or African American vs. Asian)

362

1.537 (1.014–2.338)

0.043

Residual tumour (R1 & R2 vs. R0)

345

2.957 (1.088–9.389)

0.044

  1. Categorical dependent variable, greater or less than the median expression level. T, topography distribution; N, lymph node metastasis; and M, distant metastasis.