Table 1.

Clinicopathologic Characteristics of 77 GC Patients

Characteristics	77 cases of tumor tissues		69 cases of para-tumor tissues
	Cases, n	%	Cases, n	%
Age, years
≥59	43	55.8	39	56.5
<59	34	44.2	30	43.5
Sex
Male	49	63.6	43	62.3
Female	28	36.4	26	37.7
Stage
II	20	30.0	19	27.5
III + IV	57	70.0	50	72.5
Pathology tumor stage
T1 + T2	11	14.3	11	15.9
T3 + T4	66	85.7	58	84.1
Tumor location
Distal	42	54.5	38	55.1
Proximal	35	45.5	31	44.9
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	63	81.8	56	81.2
No	14	18.2	13	18.8
Differentiation
Poor	51	66.2	45	65.2
Moderate and well	26	33.8	24	34.8
Alcohol consumption
Hazardous or harmful	25	32.5	23	33.3
Abstinence or low risk	52	67.5	46	66.7