Table 6.

Expression of Reg IV and SOX9 transcripts and correlation between Reg IV and SOX9 and clinicopathological parameters in gastric cancer tissues

Variable	Reg IV			P Value	SOX9			P Value
	T/N >  2	T/N 2–0.5	T/N < 0.5		T/N >  2	T/N 2–0.5	T/N < 0.5
Case no.	40	17	36		29	37	27
Age (year)
< 60	22	9	17	0.789	14	20	14	0.897
≥ 60	18	8	19		15	17	13
Gender
Man	28	15	27	0.344	21	27	22	0.673
Female	12	2	9		8	10	5
Tumor size (cm)
< 5	28	8	22	0.257	13	25	20	0.055
≥ 5	12	9	14		16	12	7
Tissue differentiation
Moderately-well	26	7	24	0.168	20	17	20	0.044
Poorly	14	10	12		9	20	7
Depth of invasion
T1 + T2	8	8	20	0.005	10	21	5	0.007
T3 + T4	32	9	16		19	16	22
Lymph node metastasis
No	7	5	25	0.000	13	18	6	0.082
Yes	33	12	11		16	19	21
TNM staging
I + II	11	7	11	0.591	8	12	9	0.878
III + IV	29	10	25		21	25	18