Table 1.

NNMT expression in gastric benign and malignant tissues

Characteristic	NO.	NNMT		Pearson χ2	P-value
		High no.	%
Gastric tissues				36.490	<0.001*
Chronic gastritis	35	10	28.6
Intestinal Metaplasia	31	11	35.5
Low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia	32	12	37.5
High-grade intraepithelial neoplasia	42	17	40.5
Carcinoma	641	364	56.8
Adjacent tissue	94	30	31.9

^* P<0.05.