Expression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 in gastric carcinoma and its relationship with cell proliferation

Table 3 Summary of quantitative score of IGFBP2 expression in gastric carcinoma according to clinical and pathological parameters (mean ± SD)

Parameter	Quantitative score ofIGFBP2 expression	P
Gender Male Female	2.05 ± 0.82 2.35 ± 0.81	> 0.05
Tumor site Cardia Fundus/body Antrum	2.19 ± 0.98 2.31 ± 0.89 2.18 ± 0.95	> 0.05
Histological type Differentiated Undifferentiated	2.31 ± 0.82 2.72 ± 0.88	> 0.05
Lymph node metastasis Positive Negative	2.16 ± 0.98 2.81 ± 0.91	< 0.01
pTNM stage I-II III-IV	2.02 ± 0.93 2.98 ± 0.87	< 0.01
Depth wall penetration T1-T2 T3-T4	2.08 ± 0.97 2.79 ± 0.84	< 0.05