Aberrant expression of CD133 protein correlates with Ki-67 expression and is a prognostic marker in gastric adenocarcinoma

Table 1 Relationship between CD133 or Ki-67 and clinicopathological features

Clinicopathological features	CD133		*Probability*	Ki-67		*Probability*
	+	-		+	-
Ages
n≤40	16	18	0.434	20	14	0.291
40<n≥65	116	82		109	89
>65	61	43		67	37
Size
d<4 cm	30	47	0.0001	32	45	0.001
4 cm≤d<8 cm	117	84		121	80
d≥8 cm	46	12		43	15
Grade
1	7	10	0.032	6	11	0.007
2	30	35		30	35
3	156	98		160	94
Invasive depth
submucosa	4	19	0.0001	6	17	0.001
subserosa	47	56		52	51
visceral peritoneum	122	65		118	69
adjacent structures	20	3		20	3
Lymph nodes
N0	43	68	0.0001	44	67	0.0001
N1	78	50		77	51
N2	52	20		52	20
N3	20	5		23	2
Stage
I	19	47	0.0001	20	46	0.0001
II	38	39		40	37
III	98	49		96	51
IV	38	8		40	6
Five-year survival
Alive	44	82	0.0001	46	60	0.0001
Dead	149	61		150	60

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