Table 1.

Correlation between COL9A3/COL6A5 protein expression and clinicopathologic characteristics of GC.

Characteristics	Total (n = 94)	COL9A3		P value	COL6A5		P value
		Low	High		Low	High
Age (years)				0.913			0.613
<55	25	9	16		8	17
≥55	69	24	45		26	43
Gender				0.238			0.359
Male	39	11	28		12	27
Female	55	22	33		22	33
Differentiation				0.006			0.002
Well	28	16	12		17	11
Moderate	33	11	22		11	22
Poor	33	6	27		6	27
Lymph node metastasis				<0.001			<0.001
Positive	71	16	55		17	54
Negative	23	17	6		17	6
Tumour size (cm3)				<0.001			<0.001
<10	23	19	4		19	4
≥10	71	15	56		15	56
AJCC T stage				<0.001			<0.001
T1, T2	14	12	2		12	2
T3, T4	80	21	59		22	58
Clinical TNM stage				<0.001			<0.001
I, II	38	26	12		26	12
III, IV	56	7	49		8	48