TABLE 1.

Relationships between TAK1 protein expressions (immunohistochemical staining) in gastric cancer and various clinicopathological variables

Variables	Total	TAK1 expression		χ2	P
		Low (n = 59)	High (n = 141)
Gender
Female	65	20	45	0.075	0.785
Male	135	39	96
Age (years)
≤60	75	24	51	0.361	0.548
>60	125	35	90
Drink
Yes	117	39	78	1.992	0.158
No	83	20	63
Tumour location
Antrum	144	39	105	1.444	0.229
Other	56	20	36
Differentiation
Well/moderate	109	41	68	7.585	0.006
Poor/not	91	18	73
T stage
T1/T2	82	26	56	0.326	0.568
T3/T4	118	33	85
N stage
N0/N1	92	34	58	4.555	0.033
N2/N3	108	25	83
TNM stage
I/II	120	43	77	5.786	0.016
III/IV	80	16	64

Abbreviations: M, Metastasis; N, Node; T, Tumour; TAK1, TGF‐β‐activated kinase 1; TNM, Tumour Node Metastasis.