Comparative study of ROR2 and WNT5a expression in squamous/adenosquamous carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder

Table 3 Relationship of ROR2 and WNT5a expression with the clinicopathologic characteristics of gallbladder adenocarcinomas n (%)

Pathologic characteristic	Number of cases	ROR2			WNT5a
		Positive cases	χ2	P value	Positive cases	χ2	P value
Differentiation
High	27	12 (44.0)	10.352	0.002	11 (40.7)	8.404	0.015
Moderate	25	15 (60.0)			16 (64.0)
Poor	28	24 (85.7)			22 (78.6)
Maximal diameter of the mass in cm
≤ 3	50	26 (52.0)	7.966	0.004	26 (52.0)	4.807	0.029
> 3	30	25 (83.3)			23 (76.7)
Gallstones
No	42	26 (61.9)	0.13	0.718	26 (61.9)	0.016	0.899
Yes	38	25 (65.8)			23 (60.5)
TNM stage
I + II	21	7 (33.3)			7 (33.3)
III	38	25 (65.8)	14.968	0	24 (63.2)	12.248	0.002
IV	21	19 (90.5)			18 (85.7)
Lymph node metastasis
No	30	12 (40.0)	11.716	0.001	12 (40.0)	9.132	0.003
Yes	50	39 (78.0)			37 (74.0)
Invasion of the surrounding tissue
No	31	13 (41.9)	10.422	0.002	12 (38.7)	10.834	0.001
Yes	49	38 (77.6)			37 (75.5)
Surgical procedure
Radical	26	10 (38.5)	12.296	0.002	10 (38.5)	11.68	0.003
Palliative	28	19 (67.9)			17 (60.7)
Unresected	26	22 (84.6)			22 (84.6)