Table 1 Clinicopathological factors of bladder cancer and associations with Snail protein expression
Patients (%) | Snail expression | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative | Positive | P | ||
All patients | 44 | 29 | 15 | |
Age | 1.00 | |||
<70 years | 17 (39%) | 11 | 6 | |
≥70 years | 27 (61%) | 18 | 9 | |
Sex | 0.70 | |||
Male | 36 (82%) | 23 | 13 | |
Female | 8 (18%) | 6 | 2 | |
Pathological T stage | 0.47 | |||
1 | 14 (32%) | 11 | 3 | |
2a | 20 (45%) | 12 | 8 | |
2b | 10 (23%) | 6 | 4 | |
Histological grade | 0.54 | |||
Low | 3 (7%) | 3 | 0 | |
High | 41 (93%) | 26 | 15 | |
Concurrent CIS | 0.68 | |||
Yes | 7 (16%) | 4 | 3 | |
No | 37 (84%) | 25 | 12 | |
Lymphovascular invasion | 1.00 | |||
Yes | 3 (7%) | 2 | 1 | |
No | 41 (93%) | 27 | 14 | |