Detection of carcinoembryonic antigen mRNA in peritoneal washes from gastric cancer patients and its clinical significance

Table 2 Comparison of clinical pathological factors and CEA mRNA expression

	Positive CEA mRNA1(%)	P-value
Gender:
Male	48 (24/50)
Female	47 (7/15)	1.000
Depth of invasion:
pT3	61 (22/36)	0.024
pT1+pT2	31 (9/29)
Cancer location
Cardia	53 (10/19)	0.618
Gastric body	40 (10/25)
Gastric antrum	52 (11/21)
Lymph node metastasis
yes	47(21/45)	1.000
no	50(10/20)
TNM stages
I+ II	33(10/30)
III+ IV	60(21/35)	0.046

¹ It is considered as positive If CEA mRNA is detected.

Table 3 Comparison of CEA mRNA in gastric cancer patients with or without peritoneal metastasis (mean ± SD)

Peritoneal metastasis	CEA mRNA	P-value
Yes	16006.2 ± 18242.	P < 0.001
No	40.5 ± 158.9