Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with gastric cancer carcinoma and healthy controls

No.

200

200

Age, years

> 0.05

Mean

56.29

55.67

Standard deviation

3.46

4.21

Range

63

65

Gender

> 0.05

Male

130

130

Female

70

70

Helicobacter pylori infection

0.12

Seronegative

62

77

Seropositive

138

123

Vascular invasion

Absence

155

-

Presence

45

-

Lymph node metastasis

Absence

80

-

Presence

120

-

Liver metastasis

Absence

182

-

Presence

18

-

Peritoneal dissemination

Absence

172

-

Presence

28

-

TNM stage

-

IA

39

-

IB

40

-

II

33

-

III

45

-

IV

43

-