Abnormal DNA-PKcs and Ku 70/80 expression may promote malignant pathological processes in gastric carcinoma

Table 2 Correlation between clinicopathological parameters and the expression of DNA-dependent protein kinase and Ku 70/80 in gastric carcinoma by Spearman analysis

Clinicopathological parameters	DNA-PKcs		Ku 70/80
	r	P value	r	P value
Age (yr)	0.557	0.049	0.083	0.317
Sex	0.073	0.382	-0.052	0.531
H. pylori infection	-0.139	0.102	-0.168	0.043
Lesion location	0.131	0.115	0.107	0.200
Histological type	0.046	0.583	0.008	0.922
Local Invasive	0.042	0.615	-0.052	0.534
Differentiation degree	-0.447	< 0.001	0.068	0.414
Lymph node metastasis	0.029	0.729	0.123	0.139
Clinical stages	0.010	0.902	-0.189	0.022

H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori; DNA-PKcs: DNA-dependent protein kinase.