Table 1. The correlation between expression of CASC9 mRNA and clinical characteristics in 89 gastric cancer specimens.

Factors		n	x ± s	F	P
size (cm)	< 6.0	41	2.880 ± 1.643
	≥ 6.0	48	3.762 ± 1.966	4.916	0.029*
site	lower	48	3.656 ± 2.042
	middle	19	3.286 ± 1.824
	upper	16	2.129 ± 0.956	3.101	0.031*
	total	6	4.260 ± 0.784
Borrmann type	1/2	15	2.063 ± 0.789	7.320	0.008*
	3/4	74	3.584 ± 1.914
Depth of invassion	T2/3	25	2.612 ± 1.270	6.154	0.015*
	T4	64	3.684 ± 1.995
infiltrating pattern	INFα/β	34	2.306 ± 1.093	21.579	< 0.001*
	INFγ	55	4.036 ± 1.956
differentiation	Well/moderate	31	2.114 ± 1.147	23.782	< 0.001*
	poor	58	3.979 ± 1.858
Lymphatic/venous invasion	–	54	3.362 ± 2.208	0.004	0.947
	+	35	3.389 ± 1.179
TNM Node classification (7th)	N0 (0)	27	1.916 ± 1.066	21.219	< 0.001*
	N1(1–2)	23	3.258 ± 1.324
	N2 (3–6)	21	3.670 ± 1.524
	N3 (≥ 7)	18	5.359 ± 1.864

Note: *indicates the difference is significant.