Table 4.
Association of L1CAM level with GC patients' clinicopathologic features
| Variables | L1CAM protein | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cases | Low level | High level | P | |
| Age | ||||
| >58 | 82 | 64 | 18 | 0.067 |
| ≤58 | 66 | 59 | 7 | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 99 | 80 | 19 | 0.288 |
| Female | 49 | 43 | 6 | |
| Smoke | ||||
| Yes | 66 | 51 | 15 | 0.089 |
| No | 82 | 72 | 10 | |
| Alcohol | ||||
| Yes | 27 | 21 | 6 | 0.414 |
| No | 121 | 102 | 19 | |
| Size of tumor | ||||
| >5cm | 41 | 37 | 4 | 0.33 |
| ≤5cm | 60 | 49 | 11 | |
| Unknown | 47 | 37 | 10 | |
| Depth of tumor invasion | ||||
| T1+T2 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0.171 |
| T3+T4 | 122 | 103 | 19 | |
| Unknown | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | ||||
| N0 | 43 | 33 | 10 | 0.036 |
| N1 | 25 | 18 | 7 | |
| N2 | 41 | 35 | 6 | |
| N3 | 31 | 31 | 0 | |
| Unknown | 8 | 6 | 2 | |
| Distant metastasis | ||||
| Yes | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0.99 |
| No | 123 | 102 | 21 | |
| Unknown | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
| TNM stage | ||||
| Early stage (I+II) | 46 | 35 | 11 | 0.252 |
| Advanced stage (III+IV) | 99 | 85 | 14 | |
| Unknown | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
Comparisons between groups were conducted with the use of person's Chi² tests. GC: gastric cancer.