Table 1. Association between IKKε expression and clinicopathological factors in gastric cancer.

Variable	n	IKKε expression		P value
		Low	High
Age				0.610
≤ 60	43	18	25
> 60	57	21	36
Gender				0.674
Male	72	29	43
Female	28	10	18
Differentiation				0.021
Well	12	9	3
Moderate	65	21	44
Poor	23	9	14
Depth of invasion (T)				0.034
T1-T2	36	19	17
T3-T4	64	20	44
Lymph node metastasis				0.000
N0-N1	33	28	15
N2-N3	67	11	46
Distant metastasis (M)				0.006
Negative (M0)	78	36	42
Positive (M1)	22	3	19
Tumor stage				0.005
I-II	37	21	16
III-IV	63	18	45