Increased expression of DLX2 correlates with advanced stage of gastric adenocarcinoma

Table 2 Relationship of proportion score or staining intensity of distal-less homeobox 2 expression with clinicopathological features of gastric adenocarcinoma

Clinicopathological features	Cases	Proportion score			χ2test	P value	Staining intensity			χ2test	P value
		0	1	2, 3			0	1, 2	3
Age (yr)					5.637	0.060				3.924	0.141
< 60	69	39	7	23			29	26	14
≥ 60	60	22	12	26			16	25	19
Gender					2.583	0.275				1.785	0.410
Female	42	22	8	12			18	15	9
Male	87	39	11	37			27	36	24
Tumor size (cm)					12.975	0.002				7.115	0.029
< 5	68	42	9	17			30	26	12
≥ 5	61	19	10	32			15	25	21
Histological differentiation					3.302	0.192				0.286	0.867
Well and moderately	44	24	8	12			16	16	12
Poorly and other	85	37	11	37			29	35	21
Invasion depth					8.291	0.016				3.724	0.155
T1, T2	52	31	9	12			22	21	9
T3, T4	77	30	10	37			23	30	24
Lymph node metastasis					17.511	0.002				9.815	0.044
N0	69	39	11	19			30	20	19
N1	17	6	6	5			4	11	2
N2, N3	43	16	2	25			11	20	12
TNM stages					5.982	0.050				0.753	0.686
I, II	86	43	16	27			32	32	22
III, IV	43	18	3	22			13	19	11