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Table 3 Associations between HIF-1α staining pattern, clinicopathological features and expression of CAIX, Glut-1 and p27kip1.

From: Necrosis related HIF-1α expression predicts prognosis in patients with endometrioid endometrial carcinoma

Perinecrotic HIF-1α

  

Yes (%)

No (%)

P-value

Stage

I

30 (56)

24 (44)

 
 

II

12 (57)

9 (43)

0.845

 

III

9 (69)

4 (31)

 
 

IV

3 (60)

2 (40)

 

Grade

1

9 (32)

19 (68)

 
 

2

33 (70)

14 (30)

0.004

 

3

12 (67)

6 (33)

 

Myometrial Invasion

0

0

3 (100)

 
 

<50%

29 (58)

21 (42)

0.107

 

>50%

25 (63)

15 (37)

 

Necrosis

Yes

54 (77)

16 (23)

<0.0001

 

No

0

23 (100)

 

Recurrence/Metastasis

Yes

14 (79)

4 (22)

0.043

 

No

37 (51)

35 (49)

 

p27kip1

Pos

48 (89)

38 (97)

0.125

 

Neg

6 (11)

1 (3)

 

p27kip1

≤50%

48 (58)

35 (42)

0.896

 

>50%

6 (60)

4 (40)

 

p27kip1 expression pattern

Peri/central

30(91)

3(9)

<0.0

 

Other*

24(40)

36(60)

001

CAIX

Pos

47 (67)

24 (33)

0.004

 

Neg

7 (32)

15 (68)

 

Glut-1

Pos

48 (63)

28 (37)

0.035

 

Neg

6 (35)

11 (65)

 

CAIX and Glut-1

Pos

42 (68)

20 (32)

0.007

 

Neg

12 (39)

19 (61)

 
  1. HIF-1α = hypoxia-inducible factor 1α; CAIX = carbonic anhydrase IX; Glut-1 = glucose transporter 1, * other staining patterns include diffuse staining or negative for p27kip1.