RETRACTED ARTICLE: STMN-1 is a potential marker of lymph node metastasis in distal esophageal adenocarcinomas and silencing its expression can reverse malignant phenotype of tumor cells

Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of 63 distal esophageal adenocarcinoma patients with STMN1 overexpression

Characteristic	n = 63	STMN1 overexpression	X ²	p-Value
Gender
Male	45	23	0.229	0.633
Female	18	8
Age at surgery
< 40 years	8	5	0.648	0.421
≥ 40 years	55	26
Weight loss
≥5 kg	14	8	0.454	0.501
<5 kg	49	23
Grade
Mild, High	48	22	0.918	0.338
Low	15	9
Stage (T)
T1,	21	5	8.129	0.004^a
T3, T4a	42	26
Tumor greatest dimension
<3 cm	13	4	2.228	0.136
≥3 cm	50	27
Stage (N)
N0	34	10	11.579	0 .001^a
N1,2	29	21

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