Table 3.

Correlation between SEC13, GHRL, lncRNA GHRLOS, SMAD7, HIF-1α genes expression, serum HIF-1α and CEA levels in gastric cancer patients' group.

	GHRL	LncRNA GHRLOS	SMAD7	HIF-1α	CEA protein	HIF-1α protein
SEC13
rs	0.378	0.672	− 0.200	− 0.258	− 0.418	− 0.473
P	< 0.001*	< 0.001*	0.046*	0.015*	< 0.001*	< 0.001*
GHRL
rs		0.397	0.162	− 0.254	− 0.147	− 0.248
P		< 0.001*	0.107	0.011*	0.144	0.013*
LncRNA GHRLOS
rs			− 0.146	− 0.180	− 0.644	− 0.715
P			0.147	0.074	< 0.001*	< 0.001*
SMAD7
rs				0.710	0.169	0.177
P				< 0.001*	0.093	0.078
HIF-1α
rs					0.329	0.349
P					< 0.001*	< 0.001*
CEA protein
rs						0.665
P						< 0.001*

r_s: Spearman coefficient.