Table 1.

The association between UQCRC2 and clinicopathological factors in 105 GC patients in the TMA validation cohort (n=105)

Clinicopathological factors	Number (n=105)	Relative expression		P value
		Low (n=74)	High (n=31)
Gender				0.608
Male	58	39	19
Female	47	35	12
Age				0.616
≤ 60	43	28	15
> 60	62	46	16
Size (cm)				0.211
≤ 5	41	36	5
> 5	64	38	26
TNM stage				0.009
I, II	59	32	27
III, IV	46	42	4
Lymphatic metastasis				0.004
NO	81	58	23
YES	24	16	8
Distant metastasis				0.013
NO	75	51	24
YES	30	23	7
Recurrence				0.051
NO	79	53	26
YES	26	21	5

High and low expression of UQCRC2 protein was defined according to the cut-off value of 4 for immunoreactivity score (IS).