Variable | Categorisation | Cx43 expression | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score 0 or 1+ | Score 2+ | p Value | ||
Tumour stage48† | ||||
pTa | 76 (84) | 14 (16) | 0.815 | |
pT1 | 54 (79) | 14 (21) | ||
pT2 | 10 (77) | 3 (23) | ||
pT3 | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | ||
pT4 | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | ||
Histological grade48† | ||||
G1 | 40 (91) | 4 (9) | 0.195 | |
G2 | 68 (78) | 19 (22) | ||
G3 | 35 (81) | 8 (19) | ||
Histological grade49‡ | ||||
Low grade | 89 (88) | 12 (12) | 0.026 | |
High grade | 54 (74) | 19 (26) | ||
Adjacent carcinoma in situ‡ | ||||
No | 128 (81) | 30 (19) | 0.311 | |
Yes | 15 (94) | 1 (6) | ||
Multiplicity‡ | ||||
Solitary | 109 (88) | 15 (12) | 0.004 | |
Multifocal | 34 (68) | 16 (32) | ||
Growth pattern‡ | ||||
Papillary | 130 (82) | 29 (18) | 1.000 | |
Solid | 13 (87) | 2 (13) | ||
Immunohistochemistry | ||||
Ki-67 labelling index | ||||
≤10% | 95 (88) | 13 (12) | 0.014 | |
>10% | 48 (73) | 18 (27) |
Data are presented as numbers (percent).
†χ2 Pearson (two-sided); bold face representing p values <0.05.
‡Fisher’s exact test (two-sided); bold face representing p values <0.05.