Table 3.

Clinicopathologic features of gastric cancer patients according to DACT1 methylation status.

Variable	Nonmethylated (n = 145)	%	Methylated (n = 60)	%	P
Age (mean ± SD)	58 ± 11.5		55 ± 13.9		0.07
Sex
M	102	70.3	37	61.7	0.23
F	43	29.7	23	38.3
Helicobacter pylori infection
Negative	66	66.7	20	64.5	0.83
Positive	33	33.3	11	35.5
Lauren classification
Diffuse or Mixed	25	17.4	8	13.6	0.51
Intestinal	119	82.6	51	86.4
Location
Cardiac	30	20.7	11	18.3	0.70
Non-cardiac	115	79.3	49	81.7
Differentiation
Poor	78	64.5	40	76.9	0.11
Well or moderate	43	35.5	12	23.1
Lymph node metastasis
Negative	37	31.1	5	11.9	0.015
Positive	82	68.9	37	88.1
Tumor Size
T1–T2	34	29.6	4	10.0	0.013
T3–T4	81	70.4	36	90.0
Distant metastasis
Negative	95	77.9	27	62.8	0.05
Positive	27	22.1	16	37.2
TNM stage
I–II	51	38.1	6	11.3	<0.0005
III–IV	83	61.9	47	88.7