Table 1. Correlation between RBP2 and Snail-1 expression and their expression relationship with clinicopathological features in primary gastric cancer specimen.
| Part I: RB P2 and Snail-1 expression relationship with clinicopathological features in primary gastric cancer specimen | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBP2 expression | Snail-1 expression | ||||||||
| Groups | Total | 0––1 | 2––3 | χ2 value | p value | 0––1 | 2––3 | χ2 value | p value |
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| <60 | 51 | 17(33.3%) | 34(66.7%) | 1.33 | p > 0.25 | 5(9.8%) | 46(90.2%) | 0.17 | p > 0.5 |
| ≥60 | 79 | 19(24.1%) | 60(75.9%) | 12(15.2%) | 67(84.8%) | ||||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 104 | 31(29.8%) | 73(70.2%) | 0.97 | p > 0.25 | 13(12.5%) | 91(87.5%) | 0.09 | p > 0.5 |
| Female | 26 | 5(19.2%) | 21(80.8%) | 4(15.4%) | 22(84.6%) | ||||
| Tumor Differentiation | |||||||||
| Well | 28 | 22(78.6%) | 6(21.4%) | 66.71 | p < 0.005 | 10(35.7%) | 18(64.3%) | 17.55 | p < 0.005 |
| Moderate | 42 | 10(23.8%) | 32(76.2%) | 5(11.9%) | 37(88.1%) | ||||
| Poor | 60 | 4(6.7%) | 56(93.3%) | 2(3.3%) | 58(96.7%) | ||||
| Lymph Node Metastasis | |||||||||
| N0 + N1 | 73 | 29(39.7%) | 44(60.3%) | 10.11 | p < 0.005 | 13(17.8%) | 60(82.2%) | 5.62 | p < 0.025 |
| N2 + N3 | 57 | 7(12.3%) | 50(87.7%) | 4(7.0%) | 53(93.0%) | ||||
| Part II: Correlation between RBP2 and Snail-1 expression in primary gastric cancer specimen | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBP2 expression | |||||||||
| Snail-1 expression | Total | 0––1 | 2––3 | χ2 value | p value | ||||
| 0––1 | 17 | 11(64.7%) | 6(35.3%) | 14.75 | p < 0.005 | ||||
| 2––3 | 113 | 25(22.1%) | 88(77.9%) | ||||||
χ2 tests were used
0–1 poor gene expression; 2–3 strong gene expression