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Table 5 Differences in AR marker level between the studied prostatic carcinoma patients regarding clinic-pathological data

From: The association of claudin-18 and androgen receptor expression in prostatic carcinoma: an immunohistochemical study

Variable (N = 100)

Marker

Chi-square test

P value

Androgen receptor expression (N = 100)

Negative (N = 4) N%

Positive (N = 96) N%

Age groups (years)

 ≤ 65 (64)

2

3.1%

62

96.9%

0.177

0.674

 > 65 (36)

2

5.6%

34

94.4%

pT

T2 (56)

4

7.1%

52

92.9%

1.637

0.201

T3 (44)

0

0.0%

44

100.0%

N

Positive (42)

4

9.5%

38

90.5%

2.877

.090

Negative (58)

0

0.0%

58

100.0%

Stage

I (12)

4

33.3%

8

66.7%

7.44

0.01

(S)

II (24)

0

0.0%

24

100.0%

III (48)

0

0.0%

48

100.0

IV (16)

0

0.0%

16

100.0%

Gleason grade group

1 (10)

4

40.0%

6

60.0%

9.415

0.03

(S)

2 (4)

0

0.0%

4

100.0%

3 (10)

0

0.0%

10

100.0%

4 (38)

0

0.0%

38

100.0%

5 (38)

0

0.0%

38

100.0%

PSA level

 < 4 ng/ml (6)

0

0.0%

6

100.0%

1.04

1.0

4-10 ng/ml (56)

2

3.6%

54

96.4%

 > 10 ng/ml (38)

2

5.3%

36

94.7%

Capsular invasion

Present (36)

4

11.1%

32

88.9%

3.704

0.05

Absent (64)

0

0.0%

64

100.0%

LVI

Present (34)

4

11.8%

30

88.2%

4.04

0.111

Absent (66)

0

0.0%

66

100.0%

Perineural invasion

Present (52)

2

3.8%

50

96.2%

.003

0.954

Absent (48)

2

4.2%

46

95.8%

  1. N, Number; LN, Lymph node; PSA: Prostatic specific antigen; LVI, Lympho-vascular invasion; S, Significant; HS, highly significant