Table 1.

Relationship between CD36 expression and clinico-pathological variables in 250 GC tissues

Variables	Number of 1cases	CD36 immunostaining		P value
		Negative (N = 108)	Positive (N = 142)
Age(years)
≥ 60	111	51	60	0.1625
< 60	139	57	82
Gender
Male	182	73	109	0.1162
Female	68	35	33
Tumor size(cm)
≥ 5	129	56	73	1
< 5	121	52	69
Differentiation
Poorly, undifferentiated	115	49	66	0.8985
Well, Moderately	135	59	76
Local invasion
T1 + T2	84	44	40	0.043
T3 + T4	166	64	102
Lymph node involvement
NO	65	28	37	1
YES	185	80	105
TNM stage
I,II	47	30	17	0.0019
III,IV	203	78	125