Research Article
ADRB2 Regulates the Proliferation and Metastasis of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Cells by Enhancing the ETV1-c-KIT Signaling
Table 1
Relations between ADRB2 expression and clinicopathologic characteristics of GIST patients who underwent radical surgery.
| Clinicopathologic characteristics | n | ADRB2 expression | χ2 | | High | Low |
| Ages (years) | | | | | | <60 | 71 | 59 | 12 | 1.970 | 0.161 | ≥60 | 51 | 37 | 14 |
| Gender | | | | | | Female | 67 | 56 | 11 | 2.122 | 0.145 | Male | 55 | 40 | 15 |
| Tumor location | | | | | | Stomach | 74 | 60 | 14 | 0.642 | 0.432 | Other locations | 48 | 36 | 12 |
| Risk level | | | | | | Very low/low | 39 | 24 | 15 | 10.054 | 0.002 | High/intermediate | 83 | 72 | 11 |
| Tumor size | | | | | | <5 cm | 50 | 33 | 17 | 8.134 | 0.004 | ≥5 cm | 72 | 63 | 9 |
| Mitotic count (50 HPF) | | | | | | <5 | 71 | 49 | 20 | 5.578 | 0.018 | ≥5 | 51 | 47 | 6 |
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