Table 1.

Relationship between Progranulin expression and clinicopathological features in gastric cancer tissues (n = 30)

Characteristics	Number (n)	Expression of Progranulin		Χ2	P
		Low (5)	High (25)
Gender
Male	21	3	18	0.286	0.593
Female	9	2	7
Age
≥ 60	18	4	14	1.001	0.317
< 60	12	1	11
Tumor location
Upper	17	2	15	0.679	0.410
Lower	13	3	10
Tumor diameter
≥ 5 cm	11	1	10	0.718	0.397
< 5 cm	19	4	15
Tumor invasion depth
In the serous	14	2	12	0.107	0.743
Serous outside	16	3	13
Tumor differentiation degree
Well and mid differentiated	18	4	14	1.001	0.317
Poorly differentiated	12	1	11
Lymph node metastasis
Positive	22	1	21	8.727	0.003*
Negative	8	4	4
Vascular tumors thrombus
Positive	21	2	19	2.571	0.109
Negative	9	3	6
Distant metastasis
With	4	1	3	0.231	0.631
Without	26	4	22

^* P < 0.05.