Table 2.

Relationship between clinicopathological characteristics and expression of OTUB2 in gastric cancer (n = 178).

	Expression of OTUB2		P value
	High (n = 89)	Low (n = 89)
Gender
Male	67	60	0.160
Female	22	29
Age (years)
<55	19	28	0.087
≥55	70	61
BMI
<24	56	47	0.112
≥24	33	42
Smoking history
Yes	40	34	0.224
No	49	55
Tumor location
Upper third	15	10	0.163
Middle third	30	22
Lower third	44	57
Tumor T stage
1	19	56	<0.001***
2	14	17
3	24	12
4	32	4
Tumor N stage
0	31	62	<0.001***
1	14	11
2	15	8
3	29	8
AJCC stage
I + II	45	80	<0.001***
III + IV	44	9
Differentiation
Well-moderately	27	28	0.500
Poorly	62	61

Statistical significance was determined by t test and chi-square test. ***P < 0.001.