Research Article
Expression of Selected Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Transcription Factors in Endometrial Cancer
Table 2
SLUG expression according to clinicopathological features.
| | Mean | Standard deviation (SD) | Minimum | Lower quartile (Q1) | Median (Me) | Upper quartile (Q3) | Maximum | Mann-Whitney -test |
| Total | 7.30 | 3.93 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | — |
| FIGO stage | I+II | 6.82 | 3.85 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 |
| III+IV | 8.35 | 3.94 | 0 | 6 | 8.5 | 12 | 12 |
| Bokhman subtype | I | 6.64 | 3.85 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| II | 9.18 | 3.57 | 0 | 8 | 10.5 | 12 | 12 |
| Grading | G1+G2 | 7.08 | 3.98 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| G3 | 7.68 | 3.97 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| LVSI | Positive | 7.15 | 3.94 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Negative | 7.96 | 3.91 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Myometrial invasion | <50% | 6.04 | 3.92 | 0 | 3.25 | 6 | 9 | 12 |
| ≥50% | 7.83 | 3.83 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Cervical involvement | No | 6.86 | 4.00 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Yes | 8.00 | 3.78 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Infiltration of adnexa | No | 7.05 | 3.91 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Yes | 9.00 | 3.39 | 0 | 7.5 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
| Lymph nodes metastases | No | 6.94 | 3.81 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
| Yes | 8.33 | 4.43 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Distant metastases | No | 6.99 | 3.99 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| Yes | 9.86 | 2.66 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
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FIGO: Federation Internationale de Gynecologie et d’Obstetrique; LVSI: lymphovascular space invasion.
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