Research Article

Transmembrane and Ubiquitin-Like Domain-Containing 1 Promotes Glioma Growth and Indicates Unfavorable Prognosis

Table 1

Correlations between clinical characteristics and TMUB1 mRNA level in glioma patients.

VariablesPatients ()TMUB1 mRNA level value
Low ()High ()

Gender0.820
 Female422121
 Male673235
Age (years)0.630
 ≤50542529
 >50552827
Tumor size0.005
 ≤5.0 cm724230
 >5.0 cm371126
WHO grade0.001
 Grade II23185
 Grade III412120
 Grade IV451431
Karnofsky score0.688
 ≤90723636
 >90371720
Surgery0.366
 GTR482721
 STR371621
 PR/biopsy241014

Statistically significant by chi-square test. Abbreviations: TMUB1: transmembrane and ubiquitin-like domain-containing 1; GTR: gross total resection; STR: subtotal resection; PR: partial resection.