Table 1.
Association between KLF8 expression and clinicopathological factors in gastric cancer patients
| Characteristics | Total | KLF8 expression | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low expression | High expression | |||
| Gender | 0.522 | |||
| Male | 108 | 41 (55.4) | 67 (50.8) | |
| Female | 98 | 33 (44.6) | 65 (49.2) | |
| Age | 0.420 | |||
| <60 | 112 | 43 (58.1) | 69 (52.3) | |
| ≥60 | 94 | 31 (41.9) | 63 (47.7) | |
| Histologic grade | 0.156 | |||
| G1/G2 | 89 | 37 (50.5) | 52 (39.4) | |
| G3 | 117 | 37 (50.0) | 80 (60.6) | |
| Tumour diameter | <0.001 | |||
| <5 cm | 102 | 53 (71.6) | 49 (37.1) | |
| ≥5 cm | 104 | 21 (28.4) | 83 (62.9) | |
| T stage | 0.003 | |||
| T1 | 3 | 3 (4.1) | 0 (0) | |
| T2 | 34 | 17 (23.0) | 17 (12.9) | |
| T3 | 99 | 38 (51.4) | 61 (46.2) | |
| T4 | 70 | 16 (21.6) | 54 (40.9) | |
| N stage | <0.001 | |||
| N0 | 61 | 28 (37.8) | 33 (25.0) | |
| N1 | 51 | 27 (36.5) | 24 (18.2) | |
| N2 | 56 | 19 (25.7) | 37 (28.0) | |
| N3 | 38 | 0 (0) | 38 (28.8) | |
| Lymphovascular invasion | 0.091 | |||
| Negative | 159 | 62 (83.8) | 97 (73.5) | |
| Positive | 47 | 12 (16.2) | 35 (26.5) | |
| Perineural invasion | 0.119 | |||
| Negative | 185 | 56 (75.7) | 97 (73.5) | |
| Positive | 67 | 18 (24.3) | 35 (26.5) | |
Bold type indicates statistical significance