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Table 2.

Kaplan-Meier univariate analysis of overall survival.

Variables		GC (n=292)		EGC (n=125)		AGC (n=167)
Variables		n	p value*	n	p value*	n	p value*
Age (yr)	< 60	158	0.137	70	0.091	88	0.484
	≥60	134	0.137	55	0.091	79	0.484
Sex	male	186	0.554	77	0.359	109	0.266
	female	106	0.554	48	0.359	58	0.266
Histologic type	differentiated	169	0.905	81	0.476	88	0.771
	undifferentiated	123	0.905	44	0.476	79	0.771
Lauren classification	intestinal	193	0.750	92	0.168	101	0.590
	diffuse	99	0.750	33	0.168	66	0.590
Depth of invasion	T1	125	0.000
	T2-4	167	0.000
Lymph node metastasis	Absent	153	0.000	84	0.004	69	0.000
	present	139	0.000	41	0.004	98	0.000
Lymphatic invasion	Absent	140	0.000	85	0.009	55	0.000
	Present	152	0.000	40	0.009	112	0.000
Vein invasion	Absent	257	0.010	120	0.931	137	0.000
	Present	35	0.010	5	0.931	30	0.000
Perineural invasion	Absent	191	0.000	118	1.555	73	0.000
	present	101	0.000	7	1.555	94	0.000
p-Stage	I	134	0.000	107	0.000	27	0.003
	II-III	158	0.000	18	0.000	140	0.003
TFF1 expression	preserved	135	0.797	53	0.271	82	0.473
	reduced	157	0.797	72	0.271	85	0.473
TFF3 expression	low	163	0.058	77	0.048	86	0.524
	high	129	0.058	48	0.048	81	0.524
TFF1/TFF3 expression	reduced/high	50	0.692	20	0.004	30	0.175
	others	242	0.692	105	0.004	137	0.175

GC, gastric cancer; EGC, early gastric cancer; AGC, advanced gastric cancer. p-Stage, pathologic stage. * p < 0.05.