Table 1. Correlation between ANRIL expression and clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer.

Clinical parameter	ANRIL		Chi-squared test P-value
	High No. cases (N=55)	Low No. cases N=(65)
Age (years)			0.252
<50	23	34
>50	32	31
Gender			0.295
Male	21	31
Female	34	34
Size			0.001*
>5cm	33	20
<5cm	22	45
Histologic differentiation			0.133
Well	5	2
Moderately	19	33
Poorly	22	25
Undifferentiated	9	5
Invasion depth			0.121
T1	3	13
T2	22	25
T3	23	21
T4	7	6
TNM Stages			0.041*
I	6	17
II	17	26
III	27	18
IV	5	4
Lymphatic metastasis			0.587
Yes	34	37
No	21	28
Regional lymph nodes			0.461
PN0	19	30
PN1	11	14
PN2	15	14
PN3	10	7
Distant metastasis			0.731
Yes	5	4
No	50	61