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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 15, 2003; 9(7): 1421-1426
Published online Jul 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i7.1421
Published online Jul 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i7.1421
Table 2 Correlation between COX-2 expression and clinicopathologic factors
| Variables | n | COX-2 n(%) | P value | |
| Positive | Negative | |||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 168 | 30 (17.9) | 138 (82.1) | NS |
| Female | 64 | 12 (18.7) | 52 (81.3) | Age(years) |
| < 60 | 145 | 25 (17.2) | 120 (82.8) | NS |
| ≥ 60 | 87 | 17 (19.5) | 70 (80.5) | |
| Location of tumor | ||||
| Cardia | 61 | 7 (11.5) | 54 (88.5) | NS |
| Corpus | 77 | 19 (24.7) | 58 (75.3) | |
| Antrum | 94 | 16 (17.1) | 78 (82.9) | |
| Histology | ||||
| Differentiated | 129 | 7 (5.4) | 122 (94.6) | < 0.01 |
| Undifferentiated | 103 | 35 (33.9) | 68 (66.1) | |
| Lymph node metastasis | ||||
| Present | 64 | 2 (3.1) | 62 (96.9) | < 0.01 |
| Absent | 168 | 40 (23.8) | 128 (76.2) | |
| Vascular invasion | ||||
| Present | 39 | 2 (5.1) | 37 (94.9) | < 0.05 |
| Absent | 193 | 40 (20.7) | 153 (79.3) | |
| Depth of invasion | ||||
| Mucosa or submucosa | 94 | 19 (20.2) | 75 (79.8) | NS |
| Muscularis propria | 138 | 23 (16.7) | 115 (83.3) | |
| Noncancerous tissue | ||||
| CAG | 30 | 23 (76.7) | 7 (23.3) | < 0.01 |
| Atypical hyperplasia | 30 | 12 (40.0) | 18 (60.0) | |
- Citation: Shi H, Xu JM, Hu NZ, Xie HJ. Prognostic significance of expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and vascular endothelial growth factor in human gastric carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol 2003; 9(7): 1421-1426
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v9/i7/1421.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v9.i7.1421