Table 1.

Correlation between USP33 mRNA expression and the clinicopathological characteristics in 54 paired GC patients

Characteristics	Number	USP33 expression		P‐value
		Low group	High group
Age (y)
<60	17	10	7	0.559
≥60	37	17	20
Gender
Male	38	19	19	0.999
Female	16	8	8
Size (cm)
<3	19	5	14	0.021*
≥3	35	22	13
Histology grade
Well‐moderately	37	21	16	0.241
Poorly signet	17	6	11
T grade
T1 + T2	24	9	15	0.170
T3 + T4	30	18	12
Lymph node metastasis
Absent (N0)	22	5	17	0.002*
Present (N1‐N3)	32	22	10
Stage
I/II	32	12	20	0.051
III/IV	22	15	7
Blood vessel invasion
Absent	35	15	20	0.254
Present	19	12	7
Neural invasion
Absent	27	7	20	0.001*
Present	27	20	7

Chi‐square test was performed to analyse the correlations,

^* P < 0.05.