Expression of Reg IV and SOX9 and their correlation in human gastric cancer

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Clinicopathologic features	IHC staining	Real-time PCR	PR (%)	Total
Case no.	102	93		195
Age(y)
< 60	61	48	55.9	109
≥60	41	45	44.1	86
Gender
Man	76	70	74.9	146
Female	26	23	25.1	49
Tumor size(cm)
< 5	57	58	59.0	115
≥5	45	35	41.0	80
Tissue differentiation
Well	5	1	3.1	6
Moderately	56	56	57.4	112
Poorly	41	36	39.5	77
Depth of invasion
T1 + T2	27	22	25.1	49
T3 + T4	75	71	74.9	146
Lymph node metastasis
No	32	22	27.7	54
Yes	70	71	72.3	141
TNM staging
I + II	43	29	36.9	72
III + IV	59	64	63.1	123
Distant metastasis
Yes	13	8	10.8	21
No	89	85	89.2	174

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