Table 2

Association of light chain 3 expression with histopathological variables in colorectal adenocarcinomas

	SLS			Perinuclear			Cytoplasmic
Parameter	Low	High	p Value	Low	High	p Value	Low	High	p Value
Grade
1	20	30	0.27	18	32	0.49	22	28	0.59
2-3	32	73		32	73		51	54
Vascular invasion
No	42	70	0.09	37	75	0.73	54	58	0.65
Yes	10	33		13	30		19	24
Necrosis
No	22	32	0.37	23	31	0.04	30	24	0.12
Yes	30	71		27	74		43	58
Stage
T3-N0	32	48	0.09	21	59	0.12	34	46	0.26
T3-N1,2	20	55		29	46		39	36
Distant metastasis
No	50	72	<0.0001	33	89	0.01	56	66	0.69
Yes	2	31		17	16		17	16
LDH
Low	14	27	0.99	7	34	0.01	17	24	0.46
High	38	76		43	71		56	58

SLS, ‘stone-like’ structures.