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Table 2 Rates of positivity for PRL by immunohistochemistry

From: Prolactin gene expression in primary central nervous system tumors

  

PRL IH (+)

 

Variable

n

nº

%

p

Age, years

   

0.386[1]

 <40

21

4

19.0

 

 ≥40

49

16

32.7

 

Sex

   

0.043[1]

 males

21

2

9.5

 

 females

49

18

36.7

 

Histological type

   

0.461[2]

 Meningioma

43

15

34.9

 

 Glioblastoma

16

4

25.0

 

 Astrocytoma

5

0

0.0

 

 Others

6

1

16.7

 

Location

   

0.356[2]

 Meninges

43

15

34.9

 

 Supratentorial

26

5

19.2

 

 Infratentorial

1

0

0.0

 
  1. PRL: prolactin; IH: immunohistochemistry; [1]: Chi-Square Test (Yates); [2]: Fisher’s exact test; nº: number of cases.
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Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine

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