Table 2.

Association between ALDOB expression and clinicopathological data

Parameters	Cases (n)	ALDOB-expression level		P-valuea
		Positive	Negative
Sex				0.537
Male	82	29	53
Female	34	10	24
Age (years)				0.327
≥60	55	16	39
<60	61	23	38
Tumor size (mm)				0.472
≥50	66	24	42
<50	50	15	35
Tumor location				0.551
Fundus	31	8	23
Body	40	15	25
Antrum	45	16	29
Differentiation				0.253
Well/moderate	48	19	29
Poor	68	20	48
Local invasion				0.001*
T1–T2	29	17	12
T3–T4	87	22	65
Node metastasis				<0.001*
Yes	86	19	67
No	30	20	10
Distant metastasis				0.014*
Yes	24	3	21
No	92	36	56
TNM stage
I–II	39	29	10	<0.001*
III–IV	77	10	67

Notes:

^aBased on χ² test;

^*significant difference.

Abbreviation: TNM, tumor-node-metastasis.