Table 1. Linear regression analysis of potential predictor for REC8 methylation in gastric cancer patients (with EBV status).
| Variable | β | P-value |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.404 | 0.215 |
| Gender | 0.706 | |
| Male | 3.316 | |
| Female | 1 | |
| H. pylori | 0.493 | |
| Negative | −5.394 | |
| Positive | 1 | |
| Lauren | 0.057 | |
| Non-intestinal | 19.292 | |
| Intestinal | 1 | |
| Differentiation | 0.342 | |
| Moderate or high | −7.592 | |
| Low | 1 | |
| TNM stage | ||
| I | −5.354 | 0.783 |
| IIa | NA | NA |
| III | −8.660 | 0.709 |
| IV | 1 | |
| EBER | 0.001 | |
| Positive | 23.727 | |
| Negative | 1.00 |
Abbreviations: EBER, EBV-encoded RNA; EBV, Epstein–Barr virus; NA, not available; TNM, tumor, node, metastasis. Linear regression analysis was performed on 31 gastric cancer patients, including 13 EBV-positive and 18 EBV-negative.
a
No case of TNM stage II was included. P-value <0.05 is denoted in bold type.