Table 2 Clinicopathological associations of TAGLN expression in gastric cancer

Gender

0.778

  Male

60

27

33

  Female

38

16

22

Age

0.739

  ≤60y

46

21

25

  >60y

52

22

30

Tumor size

0.852

  ≤5 cm

58

25

33

  >5 cm

40

18

22

Differentiation

0.003

  Well + Moderate

46

13

33

  Poor

52

30

22

Lauren classification

0.059

  Intestinal

40

13

27

  Diffuse

58

30

28

T stage

0.142

  T1 + T2

56

21

35

  T3 + T4

42

22

20

Lymph node metastasis

0.029

  N0

27

11

16

  N1

32

15

17

  N2

26

7

19

  N3

13

10

3

Distant metastasis

0.709

  Without

95

42

53

  With

3

1

2

TNM stage

0.722

  I

20

7

13

  II

25

11

14

  III

30

10

20

  IV

23

15

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