Table 2.

The association between the expression of MACC1 or KAI1 and clinicopathological characteristics in gastric adenocarcinoma

Variable	MACC1		P value	KAI1		P value
	Negative	Positive		Negative	Positive
Gender			0.482			0.065
Male	82	132		118	96
Female	47	64		73	38
Ages			0.295			0.079
<58	51	89		90	50
≥58	78	107		101	84
Gross type			0.108			0.965
Polypoid	20	17		21	16
Ulcerative	80	140		130	90
Invasive	29	39		40	28
Location			0.072			0.372
Antrum	64	99		92	71
Cardia	41	77		69	49
Pylorus	24	20		30	14
Size			0.009			0.354
D < 4.0 cm	35	40		42	33
4.0 cm ≤ D < 8.0 cm	87	124		122	89
8.0 cm ≤ D	7	32		27	12
Depth of invasion			<0.001			<0.001
Submucosa	13	8		9	12
Subserosa	53	47		43	57
Visceral peritoneum	59	125		122	62
Adjacent structures	4	16		17	3
Tumor grade			0.009			0.045
Well	20	27		21	26
Moderate	91	113		120	84
Poor	18	56		50	24
Lymph node metastasis			<0.001			0.016
No	93	85		94	84
Yes	36	111		97	50
TNM stage			<0.001			<0.001
I and II	96	57		71	82
III and IV	33	139		120	52
KAI1a			<0.001
Negative	57	134
Positive	72	62

^aNegative relationship (r = −0.240, P < 0.001)