Table 5.

Expression of Reg IV and SOX9 protein and clinicopathologi-cal parameters in gastric cancer tissues

Variable	Reg IV		P-Value	SOX9		P-Value
	+	–		+	–
Tumor tissues	55	47	0.022*	28	74	0.003*
Adjacent tissues	13	27		2	38
Age (year)
< 60	30	31	0.241	17	44	0.908
≥ 60	25	16		11	30
Gender
Man	40	36	0.655	20	56	0.66
Female	15	11		8	18
Tumor size (cm)
< 5	32	25	0.613	14	43	0.462
≥ 5	23	22		14	31
Tissue differentiation
Moderately-well	33	28	0.965	16	45	0.736
Poorly	22	19		12	29
Depth of invasion
T1 + T2	14	30	0	9	18	0.424
T3 + T4	41	17		19	56
Lymph node metastasis
No	18	14	0.75	11	21	0.289
Yes	37	33		17	53
TNM staging
I + II	23	20	0.94	12	31	0.93
III + IV	32	27		16	43
Distant metastasis
Yes	5	8	0.251	4	9	0.93
No	50	39		24	65