Table 1.
Relationship between the FTL expression level in tumor tissue and clinicopathologic characteristics
| Patient-related factors | FTL expression | χ2 value | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||
| Low (n=26) | High (n=34) | |||
| Gender | 1.187 | 0.206 | ||
| Men | 12 | 11 | ||
| Women | 14 | 23 | ||
| Age (years) | 0.554 | 0.457 | ||
| <60 | 9 | 15 | ||
| ≥60 | 17 | 19 | ||
| Tumor sizes | 0.687 | 0.407 | ||
| <5 cm | 18 | 20 | ||
| ≥5 cm | 8 | 14 | ||
| Depth of invasion | 7.330 | 0.014* | ||
| T1, T2 | 11 | 4 | ||
| T3, T4 | 15 | 30 | ||
| Lymph node metastasis | 26.063 | 0.000* | ||
| Negative | 20 | 4 | ||
| Positive | 6 | 30 | ||
| TNM stage | 40.147 | 0.000* | ||
| I-II | 28 | 6 | ||
| III-IV | 0 | 28 | ||
| Differentiation grade | 12.319 | 0.001* | ||
| Well | 17 | 7 | ||
| Poor | 9 | 27 | ||
| CA199 (u/ml) | 0.207 | 0.649 | ||
| <40 | 19 | 23 | ||
| ≥40 | 7 | 11 | ||
| CEA (u/ml) | 1.297 | 0.378 | ||
| <5 | 21 | 23 | ||
| ≥5 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Tumor location | 0.087 | 0.768 | ||
| Cardia | 14 | 17 | ||
| Body or antrum | 12 | 17 | ||
*
Considered to be statistically significant.