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 | |