Table 3 Clinicopathological variables associated with SLUG expression
From: Upregulation of SLUG expression in canine mammary gland tumors and its prognostic significance
Number of tumors | SLUG expression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | High | Absent | p-value | ||
Tumor size (n) | |||||
≤ 3 cm | 34 | 15 | 19 | 0.032 * | |
> 3 cm | 28 | 8 | 20 | ||
Benign tumor (n) | |||||
Simple | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.522 |
Complex | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | |
Mixed | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Malignant tumor (n) | |||||
Simple | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1.000 | |
Complex | 10 | 4 | 6 | ||
Mixed | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
Adenosquamous | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Histological grade (n) | |||||
Grade 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0.334 | |
Grade 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||
Grade 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | ||
Ki-67 (n) | |||||
≤ 15% | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.001 * | |
> 15% | 26 | 5 | 21 | ||
Metastasis (n) | |||||
No | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0.030 * | |
Yes | 15 | 2 | 13 | ||