TES functions as a Mena-dependent tumor suppressor in gastric cancer carcinogenesis and metastasis

Cancer Communications

Table 1 Association between Mena expression and clinicopathological characteristics of 172 gastric cancer patients

Characteristic	Total (cases)	Mena expression (cases)		χ²	P value
Characteristic	Total (cases)	High	Low	χ²	P value
All	172	99	73
Age (years)				0.401	0.527
< 55	80	44	36
≥ 55	92	55	37
Gender				0.351	0.553
Male	115	68	47
Female	57	31	26
Tumor infiltration				13.786	0.008
T1	27	10	17
T2	24	9	15
T3	3	1	2
T4a	82	56	26
T4b	36	23	13
Local lymph node metastasis				5.115	0.024
N0	59	27	32
N1–N3	113	72	41
Distant metastasis				0.061	0.806
M0	152	88	64
M1	20	11	9
TNM stage				16.565	0.001
0–I	30	9	21
II	69	40	29
III	50	38	12
IV	23	12	11

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