Table 2.
Correlation Between BLACAT1 Expression and Clinicopathological Features in Gastric Cancer (GC)
| Characteristics | n | BLACAT1 (Low) 26 |
(High) 26 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.781 | |||
| <50 years | 27 | 14 | 13 | |
| ≥50 years | 25 | 12 | 13 | |
| Gender | 0.579 | |||
| Male | 26 | 12 | 14 | |
| Females | 26 | 14 | 12 | |
| Diameter | 0.052 | |||
| <5cm | 27 | 17 | 10 | |
| ≥5cm | 25 | 9 | 16 | |
| Resection degree | 0.405 | |||
| Total resection | 25 | 14 | 11 | |
| Subtotal resection | 27 | 12 | 15 | |
| WHO Grade | 0.002** | |||
| Ⅰ+Ⅱ | 29 | 20 | 9 | |
| III+Ⅳ | 23 | 6 | 17 | |
| TNM stage | 35 | 14 | 21 | 0.038* |
| Ⅰ+Ⅱ | 17 | 12 | 5 | |
| III+Ⅳ |
Notes: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.
Abbreviations: WHO, World Health Organization; TNM, tumor-node-metastasis.