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Table 1 The relationship between stromal FAP and pathological characteristics in patients with gastric cancer

From: Stromal fibroblast activation protein alpha promotes gastric cancer progression via epithelial-mesenchymal transition through Wnt/ β-catenin pathway

Variables

No. (%)

FAP positive CAFs

P*

Gender

  

0.309

 Male

35 (62.5%)

34.8 ± 12.6

 

 Female

25 (37.5%)

30.7 ± 11.5

 

Age (Means ± SD, yrs)

  

0.254

  < 60

32 (55.0%)

38.9 ± 10.1

 

  ≥ 60

28 (45.0%)

35.7 ± 13.2

 

Tumor diameter

  

0.024

  < 5 cm

34 (60.0%)

28.2 ± 15.2

 

  ≥ 5 cm

26 (40.0%)

42.8 ± 20.4

 

Differentiation degrees

  

0.002

 Poorly-differentiated

28 (45.0%)

45.4 ± 13.0

 

 Moderately-differentiated

17 (30.0%)

35.6 ± 15.5

 

 Well-differentiated

15 (25.0%)

16.3 ± 8.6

 

TNM stage

  

0.001

 Stage I/II

25 (42.5%)

24.5 ± 6.4

 

 Stage III/IV

35 (57.5%)

57.1 ± 20.1

 
  1. *P-value in bold indicates the difference was statically significant