Rab27b Is a Potential Indicator for Lymph Node Metastasis and Unfavorable Prognosis in Lung Adenocarcinoma

Table 1

Correlation of high Rab27b protein expression with clinicopathological characteristics in 80 LUAD cases.

Groups	No.	Rab27b (+)		value
Gender
Male	44	26	1.5007	0.221
Female	36	26
Age
≥60 years	50	30	1.4652	0.226
<60 years	30	22
Tumor diameter
≥3 cm	52	33	0.1546	0.694
<3 cm	28	19
Pathological grade
Grades I–II	57	39	1.0199	0.313
Grade III	23	13
Lymph node metastasis
Positive	46	35	5.8481	0.016
Negative	34	17
T status
T1–T2	61	38	0.8260	0.363
T3–T4	19	14
N status
Positive	35	26	2.3583	0.125
Negative	45	26
M status
Positive	1	1	0.5453	0.460
Negative	79	51
TNM stage
Stages I–II	40	21	5.4945	0.019
Stages III–IV	40	31

; LUAD: lung adenocarcinoma.