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Table 2 The association between PD-L1 expression, CD8+ T cell infiltration and clinicopathologic parameters in PNETs

From: Prognostic significance of PD-L1 expression and CD8+ T cell infiltration in pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors

Variable

 

PD-L1 expression

CD8+ T cell density in stroma

NA

N(%)

Positive

Negative

p

≤264.6/mm2

>264.6/mm2

p

Total

159 (100.0)

72 (45.3)

87 (54.7)

 

80 (50.3)

79 (49.7)

  

Age

   

0.241

  

0.578

 

  ≤ 59.5

78 (49.1)

39 (54.2)

39 (44.8)

 

41 (51.3)

37 (46.8)

  

 >59.5

81 (50.9)

33 (45.8)

48 (55.2)

 

39 (48.7)

42 (53.2)

  

Gender

   

0.365

  

0.189

 

 Male

109 (68.6)

52 (72.2)

57 (65.5)

 

51 (63.8)

58 (73.4)

  

 Female

50 (31.4)

20 (27.8)

30 (34.5)

 

29 (36.3)

21 (26.6)

  

Necrosis

   

< 0.001*

  

0.096

 

 No

85 (53.5)

17 (23.6)

68 (78.2)

 

48 (60.0)

37 (46.8)

  

 Yes

74 (46.5)

55 (76.4)

19 (21.8)

 

32 (40.0)

42 (53.2)

  

Vascular invasion

   

0.072

  

0.004*

 

 No

129 (81.1)

54 (75.0)

75 (86.2)

 

72 (90.0)

57 (72.2)

  

 Yes

30 (18.9)

18 (25.0)

12 (13.8)

 

8 (10.0)

22 (27.8)

  

Preoperative therapy

   

0.538

  

0.113

 

 No

148 (93.1)

68 (94.4)

80 (92.0)

 

77 (96.3)

71 (89.8)

  

 Yes

11 (6.9)

4 (5.6)

7 (8.0)

 

3(3.7)

8 (10.2)

  

Tumor type

   

< 0.001*

  

0.005*

 

 SCLC

94 (59.1)

48 (51.1)

46 (48.9)

 

50 (53.2)

44 (46.8)

  

 LCNEC

28 (17.6)

21 (75.0)

7 (25.0)

 

7 (25.0)

21 (75.0)

  

 TC

35 (22.0)

3 (8.6)

32 (91.4)

 

23 (65.7)

12 (34.3)

  

 AC

2 (1.3)

0 (0.0)

2 (100.0)

 

0 (0.0)

2 (100.0)

  

Pathological grading

   

< 0.001*

  

0.100

 

 High

122 (76.7)

69 (95.8)

53 (60.9)

 

57 (71.2)

65 (82.3)

  

 Low

37 (23.3)

3 (4.2)

34 (39.1)

 

23 (28.8)

14 (17.7)

  

Lymph node metastasis

   

0.170

  

0.005*

13 (8.2)

 No

83 (56.8)

34 (50.7)

49 (62.8)

 

33 (45.2)

50 (68.5)

  

 Yes

63 (43.2)

33 (49.3)

30 (37.2)

 

40 (54.8)

23 (31.5)

  

Clinical Staging

   

0.314

  

0.007*

15 (9.4)

 I

70 (48.6)

29 (41.4)

41 (58.6)

 

27 (38.6)

43 (61.4)

  

 II

27 (18.8)

10 (37.0)

17 (63.0)

 

14 (51.9)

13 (48.1)

  

 III

47 (32.6)

25 (53.2)

22 (46.8)

 

32 68.1)

15 (31.9)

  
  1. Abbreviation: NA not available
  2. *stands for the value of p < 0.05