Table 2.
Correlation of VDR expression with the clinicopathological parameters of gastric cancer patients
| Clinicopathological factors | Discription | NO. of cases | VDR | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| (+) | (-) | PR (%) | ||||
| Age (years) | 0.684 | |||||
| < 55 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 60.00 | ||
| ≥ 55 | 52 | 29 | 23 | 55.77 | ||
| Gender | 0.557 | |||||
| Male | 63 | 35 | 28 | 55.56 | ||
| Female | 29 | 18 | 11 | 62.07 | ||
| Tumor location | 0.757 | |||||
| Cardia | 13 | 8 | 5 | 61.54 | ||
| Fundic, body, antral | 79 | 45 | 34 | 56.96 | ||
| Tumor size (cm) | 0.009* | |||||
| < 5 | 61 | 41 | 20 | 67.21 | ||
| ≥ 5 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 38.71 | ||
| Differentiation degree | 0.016* | |||||
| High | 40 | 28 | 12 | 70.00 | ||
| Middle | 20 | 13 | 7 | 65.00 | ||
| Low | 32 | 12 | 20 | 37.50 | ||
| Pathological type | 0.606 | |||||
| Pathological type | 37 | 23 | 14 | 62.16 | ||
| Polypoid adenocarcinoma | 23 | 14 | 9 | 60.87 | ||
| Mucinous adenocarcinoma | 24 | 13 | 11 | 54.17 | ||
| Signet-ring cell carcinoma | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.50 | ||
| Lymphnode metastasis | 0.136 | |||||
| Yes | 58 | 30 | 28 | 51.72 | ||
| No | 34 | 23 | 11 | 67.65 | ||
| TNM stage | 0.635 | |||||
| I+II | 38 | 23 | 15 | 60.53 | ||
| III+IV | 54 | 30 | 24 | 55.56 | ||
*
Indicates statistical significance.