Significance and relationship between Cripto-1 and p-STAT3 expression in gastric cancer and precancerous lesions

Table 4 Correlation between p-STAT3 expression and clinicopathological features of GC

Groups	n	P-STAT3 expression				+→+++ (%)	χ²	P
		-	+	++	+++
Gender							3.091	0.391
Female	57	18	27	7	5	68.4
Male	121	53	42	16	10	56.2
Age (yr)							2.177	0.544
≤ 61	90	37	35	13	5	58.9
> 61	88	34	34	10	10	61.4
Borrmann type								0.9091
Bor I type	4	1	2	0	1	75.0
Bor II type	22	11	8	2	1	61.2
Bor III type	140	55	53	20	12	60.7
Bor IV type	12	4	6	1	1	66.7
WHO’s histological types								0. 1001
Papillary. ade.	2	0	0	0	2	100
Well-diff. ade.	9	4	4	0	1	55.6
Moderately-diff. ade.	65	23	23	10	9	64.5
Poorly-diff. ade.	74	35	29	7	3	52.7
Undiff. ade.	3	1	2	0	0	66.7
Mucinous ade.	19	7	8	4	0	63.2
SRC	6	1	3	2	0	83.3
Lauren’s types							11.417	0.076
Intestinal type	74	27	26	9	12	63.5
Diffused type	85	37	35	10	3	56.5
Mixed type	19	7	8	4	0	63.2
Lymph node metastasis							9.632	0.021
No	49	28	16	3	2	42.9
Yes	129	43	53	20	13	66.7

¹Fisher’s exact test.