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Table 5 Tumor characteristics in cases with total cases and rare alleles

From: Short rare hTERT-VNTR2-2nd alleles are associated with prostate cancer susceptibility and influence gene expression

Characteristic

2006

AMC*

2006

NCC**

2005

AMC*

This study

Rare alleles

χ2-value***

(Pvalue)

Age

      

   Mean

63.9 (42-78)

64.1 (46-80)

64.3 (40-83)

67.9 (50-88)

64.7 (55-81)

 

T-stage

      

   T1

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

130 (41.0%)

42 (13.2%)

0 (0.0%)

6.0132 (df = 3)

   T2

116 (62.4%)

52 (63.4%)

183 (57.7%)

139 (43.8%)

3 (42.9%)

P = 0.1110

   T3

68 (36.6%)

29 (35.4%)

4 (1.3%)

95 (30.0%)

1 (14.3%)

 

   T4

2 (1.1%)

1 (1.2%)

0 (0.0%)

41 (12.9%)

3 (42.9%)

 

N-stage

      

   N0

182 (97.8%)

45 (91.8%)

291 (91.8%)

265 (85.8%)

3 (42.9%)

6.7334 (df = 1)

   N1

4 (2.2%)

4 (8.2%)

26 (8.2%)

44 (14.2%)

4 (57.1%)

P = 0.0095

M-stage

      

   M0

158 (84.9%)

45 (91.8%)

280 (88.3%)

247 (75.5%)

3 (37.5%)

4.1265 (df = 1)

   M1

28 (15.1%)

4 (8.2%)

37 (11.7%)

80 (24.5%)

5 (62.5%)

P = 0.0422

Gleason score

      

   2-6

34 (18.3%)

22 (31.9%)

126 (39.8%)

71 (23.5%)

1 (12.5%)

2.839 (df = 2)

   7

108 (58.0%)

33 (47.8%)

98 (30.9%)

95 (31.5%)

1 (12.5%)

P = 0.2418

   8-10

44 (23.7%)

14 (20.3%)

93 (29.3%)

136 (45.0%)

6 (75.0%)

 

PSA (ng/ml)

      

   <10

110 (59.1%)

41 (49.4%)

142 (44.8%)

29 (34.1%)

0 (0.0%)

2.253 (df = 2)

   10-20

57 (30.7%)

21 (25.3%)

102 (32.2%)

8 (9.4%)

0 (0.0%)

P = 0.3241

   >20

19 (10.2%)

21 (25.3%)

73 (23.0%)

48 (56.5%)

3 (100%)

 

Jewett-Whitmore system

      

   A

   

35 (10.7%)

0 (0.0%)

7.3884 (df = 3)

   B

ND

ND

ND

126 (38.4%)

1 (12.5%)

P = 0.0605

   C

   

67 (20.4%)

1 (12.5%)

 

   D

   

100 (30.5%)

6 (75.0%)

 

Tumor grade

      

   Well

  

25 (7.9%)

9 (3.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0.6087 (df = 2)

   Moderate

ND

ND

101 (31.9%)

62 (20.5%)

1 (12.5%)

P = 0.7376

   Poor

  

191 (60.3%)

231 (76.5%)

7 (87.5%)

 
  1. *Data of Asan Medical Center, Korea; ** Data of National Cancer Center, Korea; *** Pearson's Chi-squared test was performed between total cases with prostate cancer and cases with rare alleles used in this study.