Table 1 Associations of Wnt5a expression with clinicopathological characteristics in pancreatic cancer
Variable | Category | n | Wnt5a negative | Wnt5a positive | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age(yr) | ≤60 | 70 | 16 | 54 | 0.192 |
>60 | 64 | 9 | 55 | ||
Gender | Male | 85 | 18 | 67 | 0.324 |
Female | 49 | 7 | 42 | ||
Tumor location b | Head | 104 | 19 | 85 | 0.768 |
Body/tail | 29 | 6 | 23 | ||
Tumor size (cm) c | ≤2.0 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 0.559 |
>2.0 | 93 | 18 | 75 | ||
Histological grade | G1 | 30 | 1 | 29 | <0.001a |
G2 | 83 | 13 | 70 | ||
G3 | 21 | 11 | 10 | ||
Perineural invasion | Absent | 25 | 7 | 18 | 0.252 |
Present | 109 | 18 | 91 | ||
pT c | T1 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 0.319 |
T2 | 31 | 7 | 24 | ||
T3 | 54 | 8 | 46 | ||
T4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | ||
Lymph node metastasis d | Absent | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0.147 |
Present | 83 | 13 | 70 |