Polymorphisms of TGFB1 and VEGF genes and survival of patients with gastric cancer

Table 1 Characteristics of the study population of patients with gastric cancer

Characteristics	No. of Patients	No. of Deaths	MST (months)	P*
Total subjects Age (mean)	167	60		0.339
≤57 years	68	27	21.2
>57 years	99	33	31.0
Gender				0.988
Male	114	41	23.3
Female	53	19	28.9
Ethnicity				0.297
White	117	45	28.8
Non-White^†	50	15	19.1
Smoke				0.475
Never	34	14	20.6
Ever	133	46	30.1
Alcohol				0.809
Never	62	23	23.2
Ever	105	37	29.3
Location				0.069
Stomach	118	36	24.3
Esophagus	25	13	27.2
GEJ	24	11	16.6
Histology				0.356
Intestinal	118	45	28.1
Signet ring	49	15	24.6
Differentiation				0.694
Poor	96	37	21.8
Moderate-poor	28	10	29.8
Moderate-Well	42	13	22.6
Clinical Stage				< 0.001
I + II	65	9	30.4
III + IV	101	51	22.7
Metastasis				< 0.001
yes	90	49	21.2
no	77	11	34.2
Chemotherapy				< 0.001
yes	121	54	26.3
no	46	6	10.4
Surgery				< 0.001
yes	63	11	39.2
no	104	49	18.4

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