Table 1.

Correlation of pancreatic-duodenal homeobox 1 (PDX1) expression with clinicopathological factors in gastric carcinomas

Clinicopathological factor	n	PDX1 expression		p Value
		Positive	Negative
Age (y)	95	72	23	0.815*
(mean (SD))	(63.4 (10.7))	(63.3 (10.8))	(63.5 (10.5))
Sex
Male	69	50	19	0.218†
Female	26	22	4
Histological type
Differentiated	43	39	4	0.002†
Undifferentiated	52	33	19
Depth of invasion
T1	43	42	1	<0.0001†
T2–4	52	30	22
Lymph node metastasis
Absence	51	47	4	<0.0001†
Presence	44	25	19

p values were analysed by the Mann-Whitney U test* and the χ² method†.