Table 1 Association of NPS and clinicopathological characteristics in patients with gallbladder cancer

Age

0.446

 < 60

34 (25.2%)

5 (25.0%)

21 (29.2%)

8 (18.6%)

 ≥ 60

101 (74.8%)

15 (75.0%)

51 (70.8%)

35 (81.4%)

Gender

0.060

 Female

94 (69.6%)

18 (90.0%)

50 (69.4%)

26 (60.5%)

 Male

41 (30.4%)

2 (10.0%)

22 (30.6%)

17 (39.5%)

T stage

0.778

 T1/T2

117 (86.7%)

18 (90.0%)

63 (87.5%)

36 (83.7%)

 T3/T4

18 (13.3%)

2 (10.0%)

9 (12.5%)

7 (16.3%)

N status

0.845

 N0

105 (77.8%)

16 (80.0%)

57 (79.2%)

32 (74.4%)

 N1/N2

30 (22.2%)

4 (20.0%)

15 (20.8%)

11 (25.6%)

TNM stage

0.781

 I-II

96 (71.1%)

14 (70.0%)

53 (73.6%)

29 (67.4%)

 III-IV

39 (28.9%)

6 (30.0%)

19 (26.4%)

14 (32.6%)

Differentiation

0.001

 Well or moderately

68 (50.4%)

17 (85.0%)

36 (50.0%)

15 (34.9%)

 Poorly or undifferentiated

67 (49.6%)

3 (15.0%)

36 (50.0%)

28 (65.1%)

Vascular invasion

0.580

 Negative

108 (80.0%)

17 (85.0%)

59 (81.9%)

32 (74.4%)

 Positive

27 (20.0%)

3 (15.0%)

13 (18.1%)

11 (25.6%)

Perineural invasion

0.429

 Negative

89 (65.9%)

15 (75.0%)

44 (61.1%)

30 (69.8%)

 Positive

46 (34.1%)

5 (25.0%)

28 (38.9%)

13 (30.2%)