Table 1 Association between LOX-1 expression and patient characteristics in 100 gastric cancer patients.

From: Lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor-1 facilitates metastasis of gastric cancer through driving epithelial-mesenchymal transition and PI3K/Akt/GSK3β activation

Characteristics

All patients (N = 100)

LOX-1 expression

Low (N = 29)

High (N = 71)

P value*

Age (y)

 Mean ± SD

64.45 ± 10.21

64.52 ± 9.36

64.42 ± 10.69

0.966

Gender

 Male

64

20

44

0.509

 Female

36

9

27

Tumor size (cm)

 Mean ± SD

6.10 ± 3.61

5.31 ± 2.30

6.40 ± 4.00

0.185

Tumor location

 Proximal

13

2

11

0.558

 Middle

13

3

10

 Distal

57

19

38

 Unspecific

17

5

12

Borrmann classification

 I

7

4

3

0.374

 II

39

11

28

 III

40

10

30

 IV

10

2

8

Differentiation

 Moderately

30

10

20

0.532

 Poorly

70

19

51

Depth of invasion

 T1

8

4

4

0.016

 T2

7

3

4

 T3

61

22

43

 T4

20

0

20

Lymph node metastasis

 N0

29

12

17

0.021

 N1

15

5

10

 N2

26

9

17

 N3

30

3

27

Distant metastasis

 Absent (M0)

91

29

62

0.056

 Present (M1)

9

0

9

TNM stage

 I

10

5

5

0.006

 II

33

14

19

 III

48

10

38

 IV

9

0

9

  1. *χ2 test, Fisher exact test or Student’s t test was performed.
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