Table 1 Association of MMP28 protein expression with clinico-pathological characteristics in 274 primary gastric tumors
From: MMP28 (epilysin) as a novel promoter of invasion and metastasis in gastric cancer
| Â | MMP28 expression score | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | P value | |
Age(yrs) | Mean | 67.0 | 60.8 | 63.7 | 61.0 | 0.374 |
| Â | SD | 11.0 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 14.3 | Â |
Gender | Male | 29 | 66 | 70 | 20 | 0.l94 |
| Â | Female | 7 | 17 | 24 | 14 | Â |
| Â | pT1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | <0.0001* |
pT (primary tumor) | pT2 | 21 | 49 | 28 | 8 | Â |
| Â | pT3 | 11 | 25 | 50 | 17 | Â |
| Â | pT4 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 8 | Â |
| Â | pN0 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 1 | <0.0001* |
pN (lymph node metastasis) | pN1 | 13 | 43 | 26 | 4 | Â |
| Â | pN2 | 9 | 27 | 45 | 12 | Â |
| Â | pN3 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 17 | Â |
pM (distant metastasis) | pM0 | 49 | 87 | 94 | 30 | 0.154 |
| Â | pM1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | Â |