Table V.

Association between LTBP2 expression and clinicopathological features of patients with gastric cancer.

Clinicopathological features	n	LTBP2 expression		χ2	P-value
		Low	High
Age, years				0.941	0.332
≥60	73	30	43
<60	101	49	52
Sex				2.177	0.140
Male	120	50	70
Female	54	29	25
Histological grade				0.158	0.691
G1+G2	60	26	34
G3	114	53	61
T stage				7.836	0.005
T1–T2	58	35	23
T3–T4	116	44	72
N stage				4.392	0.036
N0	71	39	32
N1–N3	103	40	63
M stage				7.600	0.006
M0	149	74	75
M1	25	5	20
TNM stage				5.652	0.017
I–II	102	54	48
III–IV	72	25	47

LTBP2, latent transforming growth factor-β-binding protein 2; T, tumor; N, node; M, metastasis.