CDH1 polymorphisms and haplotypes in sporadic diffuse and intestinal gastric cancer: a case–control study based on direct sequencing analysis

Table 1 Comparison of clinicopathologic characteristics between intestinal and diffuse type tumors

Characteristics	Intestinal type, n(%) (N = 60)	Diffuse type, n(%) (N = 107)	P- value
Gender
Male	46 (76.7%)	68 (63.6%)	0.081^a
Female	14 (23.3%)	39 (36.5%)
Age (yr)
Mean ± SD	73.82 ± 9.76	66.87 ± 13.81	0.0001^b
TNM staging
Stage I	16 (26.7%)	16 (15.0%)	0.065^c
Stage II	8 (13.3%)	24 (22.4%)	0.152^c
Stage III	28 (46.7%)	35 (32.7%)	0.074^c
Stage IV	8 (13.3%)	32 (30.0%)	0.016^c
Reduced E-cadherin expression	32 (53.3%)	93 (86.9%)	<0.001^c

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