Table 1.
Demographics and Clinical Characteristics of ccRCC Patients According to Their CD39 Expression
| Parameters | All Patients (n=367) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Expression (n=210) | High Expression (n=157) | p value | ||
| Age | 0.815 | |||
| <60 years | 243 (66.2) | 138 (65.7) | 105 (66.9) | |
| ≧60 years | 124 (33.8) | 72 (34.3) | 52 (33.1) | |
| Gender | 0.805 | |||
| Male | 2,48 (67.6) | 143 (68.1) | 105 (66.9) | |
| Female | 119 (32.4) | 67 (31.9) | 52 (33.1) | |
| Invasion deep | 0.003* | |||
| T1/T2 | 303 (82.6) | 184 (87.6) | 119 (75.8) | |
| T3/T4 | 64 (17.4) | 26 (12.4) | 38 (24.2) | |
| Lymph node metastasis | 0.127 | |||
| N0 | 322 (87.7) | 189 (90.0) | 133 (84.7) | |
| N1 | 45 (12.3) | 21 (10.0) | 24 (15.3) | |
| Distant metastasis | 0.002* | |||
| M0 | 308 (83.9) | 187 (89.0) | 121 (77.1) | |
| M1 | 59 (16.1) | 23 (11.0) | 36 (22.9) | |
| pTNM stage | 0.004* | |||
| I/II | 288 (78.5) | 176 (83.8) | 112 (71.3) | |
| III/IV | 79 (21.5) | 34 (16.2) | 45 (28.7) | |
| ISUP grade | 0.147 | |||
| 1/2 | 175 (47.7) | 107 (51.0) | 68 (43.3) | |
| ¾ | 192 (52.3) | 103 (49.0) | 89 (56.7) | |
Notes: Data expressed as count and percentage for categorical variables and were performed by Chi-square test. *p <0.05 between low-expression and high-expression groups.
Abbreviations: ccRCC, clear cell renal cell carcinoma; ISUP, International Society of Urological Pathology.