Table 2.
Clinicopathological features of gastric cancer patients
| Variables | Patients, n | |
|---|---|---|
| Total | Lower miR-133b | |
| (n =100) | (n = 57) | |
| Histological type | ||
| Well differentiated | 23 | 9 |
| Poorly differentiated | 77 | 48 |
| Gender | ||
| male | 73 | 41 |
| female | 27 | 16 |
| Age | ||
| ≥60 | 58 | 30 |
| <60 | 42 | 27 |
| Venous invasion | ||
| Negative | 61 | 27 |
| Positive | 39 | 30 |
| Nerve invasion | ||
| Negative | 59 | 32 |
| Positive | 41 | 25 |
| Position | ||
| Cardia | 40 | 22 |
| Gastric body | 27 | 15 |
| Gastric antrum | 33 | 20 |
| Borrmann typing | ||
| I | 10 | 7 |
| II | 74 | 40 |
| III | 16 | 10 |
| pT stage | ||
| T1T2 | 21 | 12 |
| 1T3T4 | 79 | 45 |
| pN stage | ||
| N0 | 23 | 15 |
| N1N2N3 | 77 | 42 |
| pM stage | ||
| M0 | 80 | 40 |
| M1 | 20 | 17 |
| pTNM stage | ||
| I + II | 25 | 10 |
| III + IV | 75 | 47 |