Table 1.

Correlation between PCAT19 expression and clinicopathologic variables of GC patients (N = 86)

Clinicalpathology Characteristic	n	PCAT19		χ2	P value
		Low expression (n=43)	High expression (n=43)
Age (years)
<60	61	29	32	0.508	0.476
≥60	25	14	11
Sex
Male	59	32	27	1.350	0.245
Female	27	11	16
Tumor size (cm)
>5 cm	25	10	15	4.168	0.041*
≤5 cm	61	33	28
Histologic differentiation
Well and moderate	23	13	10	0.534	0.465
Poor and Undifferentiated	63	30	33
Depth of invasion
T1+T2	14	10	4	3.071	0.080
T3+T4	72	33	39
Lymphatic metastasis
Yes	31	19	12	6.880	0.009*
No	55	24	31
TNM stage
I+II	37	25	12	8.017	0.005*
III+IV	49	18	31
Nerve invasion
Yes	40	19	21	0.187	0.665
No	46	24	22
Vascular invasion
Yes	31	14	17	0.454	0.500
No	55	29	26