Table 1.

Relationship between PTTG3P expression and histopathological factors in patients with gastric cancer

Characteristics	Number (n = 198)	%	PTTG3P expression		P
			Low	High
Age (years)					0.152
<60	86	43.43	38	48
≥60	112	56.57	61	51
Gender					0.192
Male	148	74.75	78	70
Female	50	25.25	21	29
Size (cm)					0.043a
<5	116	58.59	65	51
≥5	82	41.41	34	48
Differentiation					0.185
Poor and other	150	75.76	71	79
Well and moderate	48	24.24	28	20
Lymphatic invasion					0.107
Absent	75	37.88	43	32
Present	123	62.12	56	67
Nerve invasion					0.300
Absent	71	35.86	39	32
Present	127	64.14	60	67
T grade					0.294
T1	3	1.52	3	0
T2	16	8.08	7	9
T3	25	12.63	14	11
T4	154	77.78	75	79
LNM					0.103
Absent	28	14.14	18	10
Present	170	85.86	81	89
TNM					0.468
I	10	5.05	6	4
II	31	15.66	19	12
III	137	69.19	65	72
IV	20	10.10	9	11
Recurrence					0.022a
Absent	110	55.56	63	47
Present	88	44.44	36	52

LNM: lymph node metastasis.

^a P < 0.05.