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Table 2 Association between nuclear fraction of Bcl3 and clinicopathological parameters

From: Early diagnostic value of Bcl-3 localization in colorectal cancer

 

Bcl3 nuclear fraction

 

Variable

0-25%

26-50%

51-75%

76-100%

r

P

N (%)

108 (41)

48 (18)

20 (8)

88 (33)

  

Age

      

 ≤75

59 (55)

30 (63)

10 (50)

48 (55)

0.004

0.948

 >75

49 (45)

18 (37)

10 (50)

40 (45)

  

Gender

      

 Female

55 (51)

25 (52)

9 (45)

44 (50)

0.012

0.848

 Male

53 (49)

23 (48)

11 (55)

44 (50)

  

Tumour stage

      

 T1

8 (8)

2 (4)

0 (0)

10 (11,5)

−0.097

0.118

 T2

22 (20)

15 (33)

4 (21)

26 (30)

  

 T3

63 (59)

26 (57)

12 (63)

41 (47)

  

 T4

14 (13)

3 (6)

3 (16)

10 (11,5)

  

Node stage

      

 N0

60 (56)

34 (74)

10 (53)

64 (75)

−0.159

0.011

 N1

29 (27)

10 (22)

7 (37)

14 (16)

  

 N2

18 (17)

2 (4)

2 (10)

8 (9)

  

Differentiation grade

      

 High

9 (8)

2 (4)

0 (0)

10 (11)

−0.045

0.468

 Intermediate

67 (62)

37 (77)

15 (75)

55 (63)

  

 Low

32 (30)

9 (19)

5 (25)

23 (26)

  

Ki67 nuclear fraction

      

 0-25%

8 (8)

6 (13)

0 (0)

3 (4)

0.186

0.003

 26-50%

15 (14)

4 (8)

1 (5)

4 (5)

  

 51-75%

35 (33)

13 (27)

4 (20)

24 (28)

  

 76-100%

48 (45)

25 (52)

15 (75)

53 (63)

  

Bcl3 nuclear intensity

      

 0 (absent)

44 (41)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.512

<0.001

 1

6 (5)

6 (13)

1 (5)

4 (5)

  

 2

33 (31)

16 (33)

2 (10)

19 (22)

  

 3

19 (18)

22 (46)

12 (60)

48 (54)

  

 4

6 (5)

4 (8)

5 (25)

17 (19)

  

Bcl3 cytoplasmic intensity

      

 0 (absent)

5 (5)

1 (1)

0 (0)

1 (1)

0.190

0.002

 1

55 (51)

20 (42)

8 (40)

30 (34)

  

 2

38 (35)

19 (40)

7 (35)

42 (48)

  

 3

10 (9)

8 (17)

5 (25)

15 (17)

  
  1. Correlations were calculated using Spearman’s ρ (two-sided). P values were not adjusted for multiple testing.