Table 1.
Correlation of clinicopathological features of gastric cancer with MIAT expression levels
| Characteristics | All cases | MIAT expression levels | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High (n = 65) | Low (n = 55) | P value | ||
| Age | 0.512 | |||
| < 65 | 62 | 34 | 28 | |
| ≥ 65 | 58 | 31 | 27 | |
| Sex | 0.561 | |||
| Male | 70 | 38 | 32 | |
| Female | 50 | 27 | 23 | |
| Tumor size (cm) | 0.108 | |||
| ≤ 5 | 57 | 27 | 30 | |
| > 5 | 63 | 38 | 25 | |
| Differentiation degree | 0.004 | |||
| Well/Moderately | 47 | 18 | 29 | |
| Poorly | 73 | 47 | 26 | |
| TNM stage | 0.000 | |||
| I–II | 45 | 15 | 30 | |
| III–IV | 75 | 50 | 25 | |
| Histology | 0.226 | |||
| Adenocarcinoma | 82 | 42 | 40 | |
| Mucinous adenocarcinoma | 38 | 23 | 15 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | 0.000 | |||
| N0/N1 | 42 | 11 | 31 | |
| N2/N3 | 78 | 54 | 24 | |
| Distant metastasis | 0.000 | |||
| No | 92 | 41 | 51 | |
| Yes | 28 | 24 | 4 | |