Table 2 Correlation between telomere dysregulation and clinicopathological features
From: TERT promoter mutations are a rare event in gastrointestinal stromal tumors
Parameters | Telomere dysregulation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
+ | – | p value | |
Age | 0.712 | ||
Median (range) | 61.0 (49.5−65.5) | 62.0 (51.0−68.0) | |
Sex | 0.372 | ||
F | 10 | 28 | |
M | 10 | 44 | |
Location | 0.015 | ||
Stomach | 10 | 56 | |
Others | 10 | 16 | |
Size (cm) | 0.966 | ||
Median (range) | 4.0 (2.8−7.0) | 4.4 (3.0−7.0) | |
Mitosis/50HPF | 0.514 | ||
≤5 | 13 | 49 | |
6−10 | 5 | 11 | |
>10 | 2 | 12 | |
Risk classification | 0.854 | ||
Very low | 4 | 10 | |
Low | 6 | 25 | |
Intermediate | 2 | 11 | |
High | 8 | 26 | |
Necrosis | 0.705 | ||
+ | 7 | 22 | |
– | 13 | 50 | |
Metastasis or recurrencea | 0.315 | ||
+ | 5 | 11 | |
– | 14 | 60 | |
Total | 20 | 72 | |