Table 1.

Correlation between GINS4 expression and clinicopathological parameters in gastric cancer (n=54).

Parameters	Category	No.	GINS4 expression			χ2	P
			Negative	Weak positive	Strong positive
Age
	<65	26	3	7	16	1.311	0.519
	≥65	28	6	5	17
Gender
	Male	38	5	7	26	2.859	0.239
	Female	16	4	5	7
T stage
	T2+T3	26	5(19.23)	10(38.46)	11(42.31)	9.597	0.008
	T4	28	4(14.29)	2(7.14)	22(78.57)
N stage
	N0+N1	23	4(17.39)	9(39.13)	10(43.48)	7.324	0.026
	N2+N3	31	5(16.13)	3(9.68)	23(74.19)
UICC stage
	II	17	4(23.53)	7(41.18)	6(35.29)	7.418	0.024
	III	37	5(13.51)	5(13.51)	27(72.97)
Nerve invasion
	Yes	29	6	8	15	2.355	0.308
	No	25	3	4	18
Vessel invasion
	Yes	29	5	7	17	0.180	0.914
	No	25	4	5	16
Differentiation
	Well	3	3(100)	0	0	11.210	0.003
	Moderate+Poor	51	6(11.76)	12(25.49)	33(62.75)
Tumor size
	≤3cm	23	4	2	17	4.774	0.092
	>3cm	31	5	10	16
Tumor and normal
	Tumor	54	9	12	33	15.157	0.001
	Normal	54	17	24	13