Table 3.

Expression of AdipoR2 and clinicopathological characteristics in gastric cancer patients.

	AdipoR2 positive (n = 72)	AdipoR2 negative (n = 28)	p value
Age (y)	62.1 ± 12.3	60.7 ± 14.2	0.624
Gender
Male	52	14	0.035
Female	20	14
BMI	22.9 ± 3.9	23.1 ± 3.8	0.719
Serum adiponectin (μg/ml)	7.9 ± 5.5	8.0 ± 5.1	0.968
Macroscopic type
Elevated	10	1	0.139
Depressed/flat	62	27
Depth of invasion
T1	33	13	0.957
T2, T3 and T4	39	15
Histological type
differentiated	36	4	0.001
undifferentiated	36	24
Lymphatic invasion
positive	55	19	0.382
negative	17	9
Venous invasion
positive	41	14	0.531
negative	31	14
Lymphatic metastasis
positive	42	15	0.666
negative	30	13
Peritoneal dissemination
positive	11	6	0.462
negative	61	22
Stage
I and II	46	21	0.289
III and IV	26	7