Table 2 Association of reduced RBM4 expression with clinicopathological characteristics in gastric cancer patients.

From: Prognostic value of decreased expression of RBM4 in human gastric cancer

Characteristics:

n

RBM4+

PearsonX2

P-value

Total

605

265(43.8%)

  

Gender

  

1.490

0.222

 Male

458

207(45.2%)

  

 Female

147

58(39.5%)

  

Age

  

0.635

0.425

 <60

367

156(42.5%)

  

 ≥60

238

109(45.8%)

  

Histological type

  

7.382

0.117

 Tubular

528

237(44.9%)

  

 Mucinous

9

4(44.4%)

  

 Mixeda

34

14(41.2%)

  

 Signet ring cell

23

4(17.4%)

  

 Othersb

11

6(54.5%)

  

Differentiation

  

31.477

<0.001*

 Well

37

25(67.6%)

  

 Moderate

224

122(54.5%)

  

 Poor

278

96(34.5%)

  

 Othersc

66

22(33.3%)

  

TNM stage

  

6.060

0.014*

 0+I+II

352

169(48.0%)

  

 III+IV

253

96(37.9%)

  

Depth of invasion

  

2.695

0.101

 Tis+ T1+T2

220

106(48.2%)

  

 T3+T4

385

159(41.3%)

  

Lymph node metastasis

  

9.272

0.026*

 N0

246

123(50.0%)

  

 N1

107

47(43.9%)

  

 N2

122

51(41.8%)

  

 N3

130

44(33.8%)

  

Distant metastasis

  

4.392

0.036*

 M0

560

252(45.0%)

  

 M1

45

13(28.9%)

  
  1. *P < 0.05.
  2. aMixed: Tubular and mucinous.
  3. bothers: Papillary adenocarcinoma, 6 cases; Adeno squamous carcinoma, 2 cases; Squamous cell carcinoma, 3 cases; Neuroendoccrine carcinoma, 1 case.
  4. cothers: other than Tubular and Papillary adenocarcinoma.