|
Variable
|
Number of patients
|
P valueb
|
|---|
| |
Total (%)
|
MMP+ (%)
|
MMP-(%)
| |
|
Histotype
| | | | |
|
Intestinal
|
32(68.0)
|
12(37.5)
|
20(62.5)
| |
|
Diffuse + Mixed
|
15(32.0)
|
3(20.0)
|
12(80.0)
|
NSc
|
|
T (depth of wall infiltration)
| | | | |
|
T1 + T2
|
12(25.5)
|
6(50.0)
|
6(50.0)
| |
|
T3 + T4
|
35(74.5)
|
9(25.7)
|
26(74.3)
|
NS
|
|
N (lymph node status)
| | | | |
|
N0
|
18(38.3)
|
11(78.5)
|
7(21.5)
| |
|
N+
|
29(61.7)
|
4(12.1)
|
25(87.9)
|
= 0.001
|
|
M (metastases)
| | | | |
|
M0
|
40(85.1)
|
14(35.0)
|
26(65.0)
| |
|
M+
|
7(14.9)
|
1(14.2)
|
6(85.8)
|
NS
|
|
Staging
| | | | |
|
I + II
|
20(42.5)
|
10(58.8)
|
10(41.2)
| |
|
III + IV
|
27(57.5)
|
5(16.6)
|
22(83.4)
|
= 0.02
|
|
Totala
|
47
|
15
|
32
| |
- a – data were available for 47 out of 50 cases b – at Fisher exact test c – NS = not statistically significant
