Expression of connective tissue growth factor in tumor tissues is an independent predictor of poor prognosis in patients with gastric cancer

Table 1 Association between CTGF expression and clinicopathologic factors

Factors	Cases	CTGF expression		P value1
		Low expression	High expression
Age (yr)				0.628
< 60	68	37	31
≥ 60	54	27	27
Sex				0.251
Male	88	49	39
Female	34	15	19
Tumor size (cm)				0.555
< 5	56	31	25
≥ 5	66	33	33
Differentiation				0.014
Well	19	6	13
Moderate	32	13	19
Poor	71	45	26
Lauren type				0.045
Intestinal type	40	15	25
Diffuse type	64	40	24
Mixed type	18	9	9
TNM stage				0.391
I	18	11	7
II	24	15	9
III	46	20	26
IV	34	18	16
Lymph nodes metastasis				0.032
Absent	32	22	10
Present	90	42	48
Metastasis				0.821
Absent	104	55	49
Present	18	9	9

¹Pearson χ² test.