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. 2013 Nov 22;105(1):126–133. doi: 10.1111/cas.12305

Table 2.

Correlation between clinicopathological variables and phenotypic mucin marker expression in undifferentiated-type adenocarcinoma of stomach

Clinicopathological findings Phenotypic marker expression in tumor cells
MUC5AC
MUC6
MUC2
CD10
+/− n = 52/61 P-value +/− n = 48/65 P-value +/− n = 27/86 P-value +/− n = 23/90 P-value
Mean age, years 65.7/68.3 0.207 65.7/68.2 0.232 67.0/67.2 0.938 71.6/68.7 0.706
Gender
 Male (n = 72) 34/38 0.734 28/44 0.306 15/57 0.312 15/57 0.867
 Female (n = 41) 18/23 20/21 12/29 8/33
Depth of invasion
 T1 (n = 42) 23/19 0.151 22/20 0.101 13/29 0.176 8/34 0.791
 T2–4 (n = 71) 29/42 26/45 14/57 15/56
Lymphatic invasion
 Negative (n = 39) 20/19 0.415 19/20 0.330 10/29 0.752 8/31 0.976
 Positive (n = 74) 32/42 29/45 17/57 15/59
Venous invasion
 Negative (n = 54) 28/26 0.234 26/28 0.243 17/37 0.070 10/44 0.643
 Positive (n = 59) 24/35 22/37 10/49 13/46
Mean tumor size, mm 66.4/52.2 0.482 63.3/55.4 0.754 60.4/58.2 0.496 55.1/59.7 0.847
Lymph node metastasis
 N0 (n = 50) 25/25 0.449 25/25 0.150 12/38 0.981 8/42 0.306
 N1–3 (n = 63) 27/36 23/40 15/48 15/48
Distant metastasis
 M0 (n = 102) 50/52 0.062 45/57 0.349 26/76 0.455 21/81 1.000
 M1 (n = 11) 2/9  3/8 1/10 2/9
Stage
 I + II (n = 65) 30/35 0.973 30/35 0.358 16/49 0.834 13/52 0.913
 III + IV (n = 48) 22/26 18/30 11/37 10/38

+, positive; −, negative.