Clinicopathologic significance of slug expression in human intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Table 1 Relation between slug expression and clinicopathologic parameters

	Slug		P value
	Low expression (n =15)	High expression( n = 21)
Gender
Male (n = 21)	9	12
Female (n = 15)	6	9	> 0.050
Age (yr)
< 60 (n = 17)	8	9
≥ 60 (n = 19)	7	12	> 0.050
Stage
I-II (n = 21)	6	15
III-IV (n = 15)	9	6	> 0.050
Size
T1-2 (n = 21)	8	13
T3-4 (n = 15)	7	8	> 0.050
Histologic grading
G1 (n = 19)	10	9
G2 + G3 (n = 17)	5	12	> 0.050
Lymph node metastasis
Positive (n = 18)	4	14
Negative (n = 18)	11	7	< 0.005
Lymphovascular invasion
Positive (n = 12)	3	9
Negative (n = 24)	12	12	< 0.005
Distant metastasis
Positive (n = 8)	1	7
Negative (n = 28)	14	14	< 0.001
Hematogenous recurrence
Positive (n = 12)	3	9
Negative (n = 24)	12	12	< 0.010
Lymph node recurrence
Positive (n = 8)	2	6
Negative (n = 29)	13	16	< 0.005
Survival time (yr)
< 1	5	13
≥ 1	10	8	< 0.050