Table 1.
Characteristics of patients in apoptosis biomarker protein expression tissue microarray study
| Risk factor | Prevalence of risk factor or clinicopathologic feature (N = 265) |
|---|---|
| Gender (male) | 0.66 |
| Age (years, median) | 58 |
| Tobacco use (yes) | 0.60 |
| Alcohol use (daily or weekly) | 0.22 |
| Family history of upper gastrointestinal cancer (yes) | 0.27 |
| Clinico-pathologic feature | |
| Tumor grade | |
| I | 0.17 |
| II | 0.60 |
| III | 0.23 |
| IV | 0.004 |
| Tumor stage | |
| 1 | 0.004 |
| 2 | 0.13 |
| 3 | 0.86 |
| 4 | 0.01 |
| Lymph node metastasis (yes) | 0.45 |
| Degree differentiation (poor) | 0.47 |