Table 3.

The Correlation between HCP5 expression and clinicopathologic parameters of GC patients.

Characteristics	Total	HCP5		P value
		High expression n = 49	Low expression n = 49
Gender				0.306
Male	57	31	26
Female	41	18	23
Age (years)				0.541
≥60	43	20	23
<60	55	29	26
Differentiation				0.026*
Poorly/moderately poorly	53	32	21
Well/medium-well	45	17	28
Tumor size (cm)				0.258
≥5	27	11	16
<5	71	38	33
TNM stage				0.840
TI-TII	51	26	25
TIII-TIV	47	23	24
Lymph node metastasis				0.043*
Positive	50	30	20
Negative	48	19	29
Distant metastasis				0.106
Positive	50	29	21
Negative	48	20	28
Nerve invasion				0.026*
Positive	51	31	20
Negative	47	18	29
CEA (ng/ml)				0.389
≥5.0	66	35	31
<5.0	32	14	18

Statistical analyses were carried out using Pearson χ² test. *P < 0.05 was considered significant.