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

BMC Cancer

Table 5 Expression of Reg IV and SOX9 protein and clinicopathologi-cal parameters in gastric cancer tissues

Variable	Reg IV		P-Value	SOX9		P-Value
Variable	+	–	P-Value	+	–	P-Value
Tumor tissues	55	47	0.022*	28	74	0.003*
Adjacent tissues	13	27	0.022*	2	38	0.003*
Age (year)
< 60	30	31	0.241	17	44	0.908
≥ 60	25	16	0.241	11	30	0.908
Gender
Man	40	36	0.655	20	56	0.66
Female	15	11	0.655	8	18	0.66
Tumor size (cm)
< 5	32	25	0.613	14	43	0.462
≥ 5	23	22	0.613	14	31	0.462
Tissue differentiation
Moderately-well	33	28	0.965	16	45	0.736
Poorly	22	19	0.965	12	29	0.736
Depth of invasion
T1 + T2	14	30	0	9	18	0.424
T3 + T4	41	17	0	19	56	0.424
Lymph node metastasis
No	18	14	0.75	11	21	0.289
Yes	37	33	0.75	17	53	0.289
TNM staging
I + II	23	20	0.94	12	31	0.93
III + IV	32	27	0.94	16	43	0.93
Distant metastasis
Yes	5	8	0.251	4	9	0.93
No	50	39	0.251	24	65	0.93

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