Table 1 Clinicopathologic characteristics of gastric cancers associated with GAGE7B mRNA expression
| Variables | GAGE7B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NO. | Median | P Value | |
| Age (y) | |||
| ≤ 60 | 14 | 0.096 | 0.239 |
| > 60 | 36 | 0.064 | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 39 | 0.058 | 0.322 |
| Female | 11 | 0.157 | |
| Tumour size (mm) | |||
| <50 | 18 | 0.123 | 0.331 |
| ≥ 50 | 32 | 0.048 | |
| 7th TNM stage | |||
| I / II | 23 | 0.045 | 0.034 |
| III /IV | 27 | 0.134 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | |||
| Yes | 33 | 0.114 | 0.038 |
| No | 17 | 0.022 | |
| WHO histological classification | |||
| Well/Moderately differentiated | 18 | 0.051 | 0.551 |
| Poorly differentiated | 32 | 0.099 | |
| Lauren’s classification | |||
| Intestinal type | 25 | 0.045 | 0.903 |
| Diffuse type | 25 | 0.134 | |