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Table 3 Correlation between the number of macrophages and clinicopathological characteristics of patients

From: The number and microlocalization of tumor-associated immune cells are associated with patient's survival time in non-small cell lung cancer

Variable

Islets + Stroma

Islets

Stroma

 

< median

≥ median

P

< median

≥ median

P

< median

≥ median

P

Tumor stage:

         

   I-II

27

28

0.929

24

31

0.228

31

24

0.158

   III-IV

22

22

 

25

19

 

18

26

 

Histology

         

   Adenocarcinoma

16

29

0.012

19

26

0.228

19

26

0.228

   Non-adenocarcinoma

33

21

 

30

24

 

30

24

 

Tumor grade

         

   Well to moderate differentiation

26

24

0.646

26

24

0.248

26

24

0.495

   Poor differentiation

14

16

 

11

19

 

13

17

 

Lymph node metastasis

         

   No

28

31

0.624

25

34

0.103

33

26

0.153

   Yes

21

19

 

24

16

 

16

24

 
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