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Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2012; 18(4): 368-374
Published online Jan 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i4.368
Table 1 General status of gastric cancer patients and controls
VariablesPatients (n = 332) (%)Controls (n = 380) (%)P value
Age (yr)
mean ± SE57.37 ± 0.6856.92 ± 0.660.638
Gender
Male208 (62.7)194 (51.1)0.002
Female124 (37.3)185 (48.9)
Helicobacter pylori infection
Yes138 (41.6)156 (41.1)0.89
No194 (58.4)224 (58.9)
Tobacco smoking
Yes86 (25.9)82 (21.6)0.175
No246 (74.1)298 (78.4)
Alcohol consumption
Yes63 (19.0)73 (19.2)0.937
No269 (81.0)307 (80.8)
Table 2 Genotype and allele distribution of ICAM-1 +469 A/G polymorphism
Patients(n = 332) (%)Controls(n = 380) (%)P valuea
Genotype
AA190 (57.2)187 (49.2)0.032b
AG116 (34.9)169 (42.4)
GG26 (7.8)24 (8.4)
Allele
A496 (74.7)543 (71.4)0.070
G168 (25.3)217 (28.6)
Table 3 Association between ICAM-1 +469 A/G polymorphism and clinicopathological parameters of patients with gastric cancer
VariablesTotalICAM-1 +469 A/G genotype
P value
(n = 332)AA(n = 190) (%)AG + GG(n = 142) (%)
Age (yr)0.733
mean ± SE57.17 ± 0.9457.64 ± 0.99
Gender0.355
Male208115 (60.5)93 (65.5)
Female12475 (39.5)49 (34.5)
Tumor size0.154
≤ 5cm174106 (55.8)68 (47.9)
> 5cm15884 (44.2)74 (52.1)
Differentiation0.760
Well12070 (36.8)50 (35.2)
Poor212120 (63.2)92 (34.8)
Lymph node metastasis0.928
Negative10258 (30.5)44 (31.0)
Positive230132 (69.5)98 (69.0)
Vascular invasion0.408
Negative17697 (51.1)79 (55.6)
Positive15693 (48.9)63 (44.4)
Distant metastasis0.002
Negative286154 (81.1)132 (93.0)
Positive4636 (18.9)10 (7.0)
TNM stages0.046a
I6235 (18.4)27 (19.0)
II6035 (18.4)25 (17.6)
III13468 (35.8)66 (46.5)
IV7652 (27.4)24 (16.9)
Table 4 ICAM-1 +469 A/G polymorphism and sICAM-1 and ICAM-1 expression in gastric cancer
CharacteristicsTotalGenotype
P value
(n = 102)AAAG + GG
Serum sICAM-10.990
mean ± SE176.00 ± 7.72175.85 ± 9.40
ICAM-1 expression0.197
Positive2913 (44.8)16 (55.2)
Negative7343 (58.9)30 (41.1)