Table 1.

Relationship between CPEB4 expression and clinico-pathological features in gastric cancer

Features	n	CPEB4		P-value
		Negative	Positive
Age (years)				0.834
≥60	76	48	28
<60	36	22	14
Gender				0.188
Male	77	45	32
Female	35	25	10
Tumor size (cm)				0.002a
≥5	66	49	17
<5	46	21	25
Lauren’s classification				0.403
Diffuse	29	20	9
Intestinal	83	50	33
Lymphatic vessel invasion				0.252
With	45	31	14
Without	67	39	28
T stage				0.001a
T1 + T2	50	23	27
T3 + T4	62	47	15
pTNM stage				0.004a
I + II	47	22	25
III + IV	65	48	17
Lymph node metastasis				<0.001a
With (N1 + N2 + N3)	67	53	14
Without (N0)	45	17	28

Note:

^aMean P<0.05.

Abbreviation: CPEB4, cytoplasmic polyadenylation element-binding protein 4.