Expression of E-cadherin and β-catenin in gastric carcinoma and its correlation with the clinicopathological features and patient survival

Table 2 Expression of E-cadherin or β-catenin and Gross Ap-pearance

	No	E-cadherin expression (%)		β-catenin expression (%)
		Abnormal	P value	Abnormal	P value
Tumor size (cm)	163
0-4.9	48	16 (33.3)		14 (28.2)
5.0-9.9	76	30 (35.5)	16.58	29 (36.2)	21.41
≥ 10.0	39	29 (74.4)	< 0.005a	30 (78.9)	< 0.005a
Gross appearance	139
BorrmannI	12	1 (8.3)		2 (16.7)
BorrmannII	16	3 (18.8)		3 (18.8)
BorrmannIII	80	35 (43.8)	11.92	32 (40.0)	9.65
BorrmannIV	31	21 (67.7)	< 0.005b	24 (77.4)	< 0.005b

^a≥ 10.0 group vs 0-4.9 or 5-9.9 group;

^bBorrmann IIIand Borrmann IVgroups vs BorrmannI and Borrmann IIgroups