Table 5.

Correlation between KLF5 expression and clinicopathological characteristics (n).

Index	N=51	KLF5		Chi-square	P
		+ (n=39)	− (n=12)
Gender				0.01	0.94
Male	47	36	11
Female	4	3	1
Age (years)				0.64	0.42
<50	8	7	1
≥50	43	32	11
Tumor location				0.46	0.79
Cardia	28	22	6
Body of stomach	10	8	2
Pylorus	13	9	4
Lauren type				0.01	0.92
Intestinal type	42	32	10
Diffuse type	9	7	2
Vascular invasion				0.51	0.48
No	38	30	8
Yes	13	9	4
Lymph node metastasis				0.88	0.35
No	28	20	8
Yes	23	19	4
Clinical stage				5.41	0.14
I	22	16	6
II	13	12	1
III	12	7	5
IV	4	4	0
Invasion depth				1.28	0.53
Mucosa or submucosa	11	7	4
Muscularis	30	24	6
Serosa	10	8	2
Tumor diameter				1.59	0.21
≤5 cm	37	30	7
>5 cm	14	9	5
Histological grade				0.07	0.78
Well	16	12	4
Moderate	16	12	4
Poor	19	15	4

KLF5 – Krüppel-like factor 5.