Table 2.

Correlation of NLRP6 expression with patients’ features in gastric cancer

Variables	All cases	NLRP6 protein
		Low	High	P-value
Age at surgery, years
<55	35	18	17	0.2180
≥55	85	55	30
Gender
Male	87	50	37	0.2954
Female	33	23	10
Helicobacter pylori infection
Negative	69	35	34	0.0135*
Positive	51	38	13
Tumor location
Upper half	43	27	16	0.7085
Lower half	56	32	24
Whole	21	14	7
TNM
I+II	48	23	25	0.0179*
III+IV	72	50	22
Tumor size, cm
<5	52	23	29	0.0014**
≥5	68	50	18
Lymph node metastasis
Absent	50	24	26	0.0224*
Present	70	49	21

Note:

^*P<0.05,

^**P<0.01.