Table 1.

Correlation of TMEM176B expression with clinicopathologic parameters in GC patients

Parameters	Cases	TMEM176B expression		χ2	P-Value
		Low	High
Gender				0.045	0.833
Male	71	39	32
Female	36	19	17
Age(years)				0.448	0.503
< 61	43	25	18
≥ 61	64	33	31
Tumor location				0.045	0.833
Upper	36	19	17
Middle + lower	71	39	32
Tumor size(cm)				9.696	0.002a
< 6	48	34	14
≥ 6	59	24	35
Depth of invasion				5.313	0.021a
T1 + T2	29	21	8
T3 + T4	78	37	41
Lymph node metastasis				4.584	0.032a
Absent	23	17	6
Present	84	41	43
Differentiation				7.313	0.007a
Well + moderate	41	29	12
Poor	66	29	37
TNM stage				5.388	0.020a
I + II	34	24	10
III + IV	73	34	39

^aStatistically significant (p < 0.05)