Table 1.
Clinicopathologic correlation of p-STAT3 expression in 60 tumor cell-free lymph node tissues from gastric cancer patients
| Characteristic | n | p-STAT3 | P Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| I | II | III | IV | |||
| Sex | 0.993 | |||||
| Male | 43 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 4 | |
| Female | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |
| Age (years) | 0.136 | |||||
| ≤55 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |
| >55 | 38 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 3 | |
| Tumor size (cm) | 0.153 | |||||
| ≤5 | 37 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 1 | |
| >5 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | |
| Stage | 0.364 | |||||
| 2 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 2 | |
| 3 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Recurrence | 0.012* | |||||
| With | 24 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | |
| Without | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| NA | 24 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |
*
p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
NA: data not available.