Overexpression of kallikrein gene 10 is a biomarker for predicting poor prognosis in gastric cancer

Table 2 Associations between kallikrein gene 10 status and other variables in 80 patients with gastric cancer

Variable	Total	KLK10-negative	KLK10-positive	P value1
Sex
Male	56	14	42
Female	24	9	15	0.258
Age (yr)
< 60	31	10	21
≥ 60	49	13	36	0.581
Depth of invasion2
T1	27	12	15
T2-T3	23	7	16
T4	30	4	26	0.034
Lymph node metastasis2
N1	21	4	17
N2	35	15	20
N3	24	4	20	0.048
Differentiation2
Well	18	10	8
Moderate	37	7	30
Poor	25	6	19	0.015

¹χ² test;

²TNM stage system of American Joint Committee on Cancer of 2012. KLK10: Kallikrein gene 10.