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Table 3 Correlations between clinicopathological features and Transgelin expression in all the included cases

From: The values of Transgelin, Stathmin, BCOR and Cyclin-D1 expression in differentiation between Uterine Leiomyosarcoma (ULMS) and Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma (ESS); diagnostic and prognostic implications

Characteristics

All (N = 44)

Transgelin

   
  

Negative (N = 25)

Focal weak +ve (N = 6)

Diffuse strong +ve (N = 13)

p-value

 

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

 

Age (years)

 Mean ± SD

56.84 ±7.93

52.84 ±7.56

65 ±4.97

60.76 ±4.16

<0.001*

 Median (Range)

57 (39-72)

51 (39-72)

63.50 (59-72)

60 (56-70)

 

 ≤ 55 years

18 (40.9%)

18 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

<0.001‡

 > 55 years

26 (59.1%)

7 (26.9%)

6 (23.1%)

13 (50%)

 

Histopathology

 LMS

22 (50%)

3 (13.6%)

6 (27.3%)

13 (59.1%)

<0.001‡

 ESS

22 (50%)

22 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

Grade

 Grade I

9 (20.5%)

7 (77.8%)

2 (22.2%)

0 (0%)

0.014‡

 Grade II

12 (27.3%)

5 (41.7%)

4 (33.3%)

3 (25%)

 

 Grade III

23 (52.3%)

13 (56.5%)

0 (0%)

10 (43.5%)

 

Extrauterine extension

 Absent

6 (13.6%)

5 (83.3%)

1 (16.7%)

0 (0%)

<0.001‡

 Present

9 (20.5%)

4 (44.4%)

5 (55.6%)

0 (0%)

 

 N/A

29 (65.9%)

16 (55.2%)

0 (0%)

13 (44.8%)

 

LVSI

 Absent

21 (47.7%)

10 (47.6%)

6 (28.6%)

5 (23.8%)

0.022‡

 Present

23 (52.3%)

15 (65.2%)

0 (0%)

8 (34.8%)

 

Adnexal invasion

 Absent

11 (25%)

7 (63.6%)

4 (36.4%)

0 (0%)

0.007‡

 Present

33 (75%)

18 (54.5%)

2 (6.1%)

13 (39.4%)

 

Lymph node

 Negative

16 (36.4%)

9 (56.2%)

6 (37.5%)

1 (6.2%)

0.001‡

 Positive

28 (63.6%)

16 (57.1%)

0 (0%)

12 (42.9%)

 

FIGO Stage

 Stage I

6 (13.6%)

5 (83.3%)

1 (16.7%)

0 (0%)

0.001‡

 Stage II

10 (22.7%)

4 (40%)

5 (50%)

1 (10%)

 

 Stage III

13 (29.5%)

5 (38.5%)

0 (0%)

8 (61.5%)

 

 Stage IV

15 (34.1%)

11 (73.3%)

0 (0%)

4 (26.7%)

 

Stathmin

 Negative

19 (43.2%)

19 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

<0.001‡

 Focal weak +ve

12 (27.3%)

5 (41.7%)

6 (50%)

1 (8.3%)

 

 Diffuse strong +ve

13 (29.5%)

1 (7.7%)

0 (0%)

12 (92.3%)

 

BCOR

 Negative

23 (52.3%)

7 (30.4%)

6 (26.1%)

10 (43.5%)

0.004‡

 Focal weak +ve

7 (15.9%)

5 (71.4%)

0 (0%)

2 (28.6%)

 

 Diffuse strong +ve

14 (31.8%)

13 (92.9%)

0 (0%)

1 (7.1%)

 

Cyclin-D1

 Negative

24 (54.5%)

5 (20.8%)

6 (25%)

13 (54.2%)

<0.001‡

 Focal weak +ve

5 (11.4%)

5 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

 Diffuse strong +ve

15 (34.1%)

15 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 
  1. * Kruskal Wallis H test; ‡ Chi-square test; p < 0.05 is significant