Table 1 The relationship between PGC protein expression and the clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer

Gender

0.889

 Male

229

159

58

11

1

30.6

 Female

83

58

22

3

0

30.1

Age(years)

0.471

 < 65

195

133

54

7

1

31.8

 ≥ 65

117

84

26

7

0

28.2

Gross classification

0.743

 Ulcerative

274

188

72

13

1

31.4

 Infiltrative

11

10

1

0

0

9.1

 Protrusive

14

11

3

0

0

21.4

Tumor size (cm)

0.307

 < 4

121

83

29

8

1

31.4

 ≥ 4

184

128

50

6

0

30.4

Depth of invasion

0.338

 Tis-T2

72

50

18

3

1

30.6

 T3-T4

240

167

62

11

0

30.4

Lymphatic invasion

0.779

 No

171

119

44

7

1

30.4

 Yes

128

87

34

7

0

32.0

Lymph node metastasis

0.026

 No

89

55

25

8

1

38.2

 Yes

221

160

55

6

0

27.6

Distant metastasis

0.970

 No

297

207

76

13

1

30.3

 Yes

15

10

4

1

0

33.3

Differentiation

 < 0.001

 Poorly

214

160

48

6

0

25.2

 Well & moderately

78

40

29

8

1

48.7

Lauren’s classification

0.003

 Intestinal-type

120

71

40

8

1

40.8

 Diffuse-type

144

117

25

2

0

18.7

 Mixed-type

48

29

15

4

0

39.6

HER2 expression

0.037

 Low (- ~ +)

63

44

17

2

0

30.2

 High (+ +  ~  +  + +)

20

9

7

3

1

36.1