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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients

From: CD24+CD44+CD54+EpCAM+ gastric cancer stem cells predict tumor progression and metastasis: clinical and experimental evidence

Characteristics

n = 127 (%)

%GCEP

p value

Sex

  

0.585a

 Male

69 (54.3%)

1.16% (0.36–1.83)

 

 Female

58 (45.6%)

1.13% (0.47–1.72)

 

Age group

  

0.69a

 Young adult

8 (6.3%)

1.28% (0.61–1.89)

 

 Middle-aged adult

67 (52.8%)

1.08% (0.32–1.78)

 

 Older adult

52 (40.9%)

1.19% (0.49–1.74)

 

AJCC stage

  

< 0.0001b

 0

1(8.0%)

0.55%

 

 I

4 (3.0%)

1.38% (0.54–1.92)

 

 IIA

16 (12.0%)

0.60% (0.14–0.93)

 

 IIB

8 (6.0%)

1.10% (0.24–1.98)

 

 III

14 (10.5%)

0.82% (0.17–1.70)

 

 Iva

34 (25.6%)

0.99% (0.35–1.69)

 

 IVb

50 (37.6%)

1.52% (1.22–1.88)

 

cTNM stage

   

 T

  

0.247b

 Tis

1 (0.8%)

0.55%

 

 T1

13 (10.2%)

1.01% (0.48–1.65)

 

 T2

11 (8.7%)

0.85% (0.19–1.60)

 

 T3

25 (19.7%)

1.53% (1.10–1.96)

 

 T4a

39 (30.7%)

1.07% (0.33–1.72)

 

 T4b

38 (29.9%)

1.15% (0.16–1.85)

 

N

  

0.616a

 N0

14 (11%)

1.35% (0.74–2.01)

 

 N1

34 (26.8%)

1.01% (0.30–1.77)

 

 N2

44 (34.6%)

1.18% (0.51–1.73)

 

 N3

35 (27.6%)

1.21% (0.39–1.82)

 

M

  

< 0.0001a

 M0

75 (59.1%)

0.91% (0.24–1.62)

 

 M1

52 (40.9%)

1.52% (1.17–1.88)

 

Lauren’s classification

  

0.187b

 Nonclassifiable

7 (5.5%)

0.78% (0.90–0.93)

 

 Intestinal

49 (38.6%)

1.13% (0.34–1.78)

 

 Diffuse

68 (53.5%)

1.21% (0.52–1.78)

 

 Mixed

3 (2.4%)

1.22% (0.85–1.80)

 

Histological grade

  

0.259a

 Nonclassifiable

6 (4.7%)

0.62% (0.90–1.43)

 

 Poorly differentiated

98 (77.2%)

1.00% (0.51–2.21)

 

 Moderately differentiated

17 (13.4%)

0.81% (0.34–1.93)

 

 Well differentiated

6 (4.7%)

0.72% (0.34–1.74)

 

Borrmann’s classification

  

0.516a

 Type 1

8 (6.3%)

1.43% (0.65–1.98)

 

 Type 2

8 (6.3%)

1.35% (0.49–1.98)

 

 Type 3

55 (43.3%)

1.23% (0.53–1.79)

 

 Type 4

41 (32.3%)

1.06% (0.26–1.73)

 

 Type 5

15 (11.8%)

0.88% (0.45–1.71)

 
  1. AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer
  2. aAssociation between categorical %GCEP and clinical variables using X2 test
  3. bAssociation using Fisher test
  4. Age group classification was considered as: adolescence, 1–17 years old; young adult, 18–29 years old; middle-aged adult, 30–59 years old; and older adult, ≥ 60 years old