Table 1. Associations between PTBP3 level and clinicopathological features of gastric cancer.

Variable	Number of cases	%	Median of PTBP3 mRNA level	P-value
Gender
Male	17	65	0.264	0.164
Female	9	35	0.393
Age (years)
⩾65	15	42	0.214	0.574
<65	11	58	0.280
Lymph node metastasis
No	7	27	0.127	0.001
Yes	19	73	0.393
Differentiation
Poorly differentiated	16	62	0.445	0.003
Well-differentiated	10	38	0.141
TNM Stage
Stage I/II	9	35	0.127	<0.001
Stage III	17	65	0.486