Table 1.

Association of intratumoral CD57 cells with clinicopathological characteristics.

	Total	Intratumoral CD57 cells
Variable	(N = 212)	Low (cases)	High (cases)	P-value
Total study	212	125	87
Gender				0.321
Male	148	84	64
Female	64	41	23
Age(years)				0.074
<55	91	60	31
≥55	121	65	56
Tumor size(cm)				0.315
≤4	118	66	52
>4	94	59	35
Tumor location				0.300
Cardia of stomach	98	57	41
Body of stomach	31	15	16
Antrum of stomach	51	30	21
Whole	32	23	9
Differentiation status				0.223
Low	125	78	47
Well and Moderate	87	47	40
CEA				0.278
Elevated	52	34	18
Normal	160	91	69
CA199				0.453
Elevated	62	39	23
Normal	150	86	64
Depth of invasion				0.163
T1 + T2	46	23	23
T3 + T4	166	102	64
Lymph node metastasis				0.003
pN0	62	27	35
pN1 + pN2 + pN3	150	98	52
Distant metastasis				0.003
M0	175	95	80
M1	37	30	7
AJCC stage				0.001
I	25	8	17
II	45	24	21
III	103	61	42
IV	39	32	7
Intratumoral COX-2 expression				0.000
Low	104	39	65
High	108	86	22

CEA: carcino-embryonic antigen; CA199: carbohydrate antigen 199;

COX-2: Cyclooxygenase-2.