From: Expression of Reg IV and SOX9 and their correlation in human gastric cancer
Variable | Reg IV | P Value | SOX9 | P Value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T/N >  2 | T/N 2–0.5 | T/N < 0.5 | T/N >  2 | T/N 2–0.5 | T/N < 0.5 | |||
Case no. | 40 | 17 | 36 | Â | 29 | 37 | 27 | Â |
Age (year) | ||||||||
  < 60 | 22 | 9 | 17 | 0.789 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 0.897 |
  ≥ 60 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 13 | ||
Gender | ||||||||
 Man | 28 | 15 | 27 | 0.344 | 21 | 27 | 22 | 0.673 |
 Female | 12 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 5 | ||
Tumor size (cm) | ||||||||
  < 5 | 28 | 8 | 22 | 0.257 | 13 | 25 | 20 | 0.055 |
  ≥ 5 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 7 | ||
Tissue differentiation | ||||||||
 Moderately-well | 26 | 7 | 24 | 0.168 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 0.044 |
 Poorly | 14 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 7 | ||
Depth of invasion | ||||||||
 T1 + T2 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 0.005 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 0.007 |
 T3 + T4 | 32 | 9 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 22 | ||
Lymph node metastasis | ||||||||
 No | 7 | 5 | 25 | 0.000 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 0.082 |
 Yes | 33 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 21 | ||
TNM staging | ||||||||
 I + II | 11 | 7 | 11 | 0.591 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 0.878 |
 III + IV | 29 | 10 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 18 |