Correlation of Epstein-Barr virus and its encoded proteins with Helicobacter pylori and expression of c-met and c-myc in gastric carcinoma

Table 2 EBV status in relation to clinicopathologic characteristics

	n	EBV (+)	EBV (-)	P
Sex
Male	134	13	121	0.047 (χ2=3.940)
Female	51	0	51
Age (yr)
30-	11	0	11
40-	29	3	26
50-	41	2	39	0.669
60-	59	6	53
≥70	45	2	43
Histological subtype
LDAC1	125	11	114
MDAC2	49	1	48	0.141
WDAC3	7	0	7
Signet ring carcinoma	4	1	3
Tumor stage
I	27	1	26
II	98	5	93	0.259
III	41	4	37
IV	19	3	16
Lymph node metastasis
Present	130	10	120	0.818 (χ2=0.053)
Absent	55	3	52
Tumor location
Cardia5	23	1	22
Body6	47	7	40
Antrum	95	3	92	0.064
Multiple	14	1	13
remanent carcinoma4	6	1	5

¹LDAC: Lowly-differentiated adenocarcinoma;

²MDAC: Moderately-differentiated adenocarcinoma; WDAC: Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma;

⁴6 cases of remanent gastric carcinoma were not statistically analyzed.