Significance of effector protease receptor-1 expression and its relationship with proliferation and apoptotic index in patients with primary advanced gastric adenocarcinoma

Table 1 No Correlation between EPR-1 protein expression and clinicopathological parameters

Clinico-pathological parameters	Cases	EPR-1 positive cases n (%)	P value
Age (yr)
<60	37	21 (56.8)
60	83	56 (67.5)	0.258
Sex
Male	72	43 (59.7)
Female	48	34 (70.8)	0.214
Tumor location
Upper 1/3	39	22 (56.4)
Middle 1/3	32	20 (62.5)
Lower 1/3	19	11 (57.9)
More than 2 locaitons	30	24 (80.0)	0.199
Differentation
Well	60	46 (76.7)
Poorly	60	31 (51.7)	0.004
Subtypes
Papillary	30	24 (80.0)
Tubular	30	22 (73.3)
Mucinous	30	13 (43.3)
Signet-ring cell	30	18 (60.0)	0.017
Invasion mucosa
No	66	40 (60.6)
Yes	54	37 (68.5)	0.369
Lymph node metastasis
No	70	43 (61.4)
Yes	50	34 (68.0)	0.459