Relationship between cell adhesion molecules expression and the biological behavior of gastric carcinoma

Table 1 Correlation between expressions of syndecan-1, E-cadherin and integrin β3 and pathological parameters in 118 gastric carcinoma patients

Variable	(n)	Syndecan-1 expression				E-cadherin expression				Integrinβ3 expression
		Low	High	χ2	P	Low	High	χ2	P	Low	High	χ2	P
Growth mode of tumors
Invasion	67	48	19	12.47	0.000	49	18	15.27	0.000	27	40	5.836	0.016
Expansion	51	20	31			19	32			32	19
Histologic differentiations
Well/moderate	70	37	33	1.60	0.205	37	33	1.60	0.205	36	34	0.140	0.708
Poor	48	31	17			31	17			23	25
Depth of invasion
T1-T2	47	12	35	32.95	0.000	13	34	28.73	0.000	38	9	29.74	0.000
T3-T4	71	56	15			55	16			21	50
Vascular invasion
Negative	29	1	28	46.22	0.000	2	27	40.52	0.000	28	1	33.33	0.000
Positive	89	67	22			66	23			31	58
Lymphatic metastasis
Negative	35	4	31	43.49	0.000	5	30	38.28	0.000	31	4	29.61	0.000
Positive	83	64	19			63	20			28	55
Distant metastasis
Negative	63	15	48	63.30	0.000	17	46	51.98	0.000	49	14	41.72	0.000
Positive	55	53	2			51	4			10	45