TABLE 1.
Associations between depression and clinicopathological features in 51 GC patients
| Depressive level [cases (%)] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | Total [cases (%)] | Low | High | P value |
| All patients | 51 (100.0) | 24 (47.1) | 27 (52.9) | |
| Age (years) | 0.178 | |||
| ≥55 | 21 (41.2) | 12 (57.1) | 9 (42.9) | |
| <55 | 30 (58.8) | 12 (40.0) | 18 (60.0) | |
| Gender | 0.301 | |||
| Male | 31 (60.8) | 16 (51.6) | 15 (8.4) | |
| Female | 20 (39.2) | 8 (40.0) | 12 (60.0) | |
| TNM stage | < 0.001 | |||
| II‐III | 13 (25.5) | 12 (92.3) | 1 (7.7) | |
| IV | 38 (74.5) | 12 (31.6) | 26 (68.4) | |
| Distant metastasis | < 0.001 | |||
| Yes | 38 (74.5) | 12 (31.6) | 26 (68.4) | |
| No | 13 (25.5) | 12 (92.3) | 1 (7.7) | |
| Serum MACC1 level (pg/mL) | 0.018 | |||
| <60.03 | 25 (49.0) | 16 (64.0) | 9 (36.0) | |
| ≥60.03 | 26 (51.0) | 8 (30.8) | 18 (69.2) | |
| Plasma Epi level (pg/mL) | 0.018 | |||
| <125.6 | 25 (49.0) | 16 (64.0) | 9 (36.0) | |
| ≥125.6 | 26 (51.0) | 8 (30.8) | 18(69.2) | |
| Plasma NA level (pg/mL) | 0.009 | |||
| <218.5 | 22 (43.1) | 15 (68.2) | 7 (31.8) | |
| ≥218.5 | 29 (56.9) | 9 (31.0) | 20 (69.0) | |
Abbreviation: T, tumor; N, lymph node; M, metastasis; MACC1, metastasis‐associated in colon cancer‐1; Epi, epinephrine; NA, noradrenaline.