Table 1.

Correlations between METTL14 expression and clinicopathological characteristics in GC.

Parameters	No	METTL14		P-value
		High (n = 29)	Low (n = 61)
Age (years)				0.711
<60	46	14	32
≥60	44	15	29
Gender				0.570
Male	38	11	27
Female	52	18	34
Differentiation grade				0.153
Well/moderate	59	16	43
Poor/undifferentiated	31	13	18
Tumor size (cm)				0.018
<5	49	21	28
≥5	41	8	33
TNM stage				0.026
I/II	60	24	36
III/IV	30	5	25
MSI/MMR				0.754
pMMR/MSI-L/MSS	79	25	54
dMMR/MSI-H	11	4	7

pMMR, proficient mismatch repair; MSI-L, microsatellite instability low; MSS, microsatellite stable; dMMR, deficient mismatch repair; MSI-H, microsatellite instability high.