Decreased expression of gastrokine 1 in gastric mucosa of gastric cancer patients

Table 1 Clinical characteristics and pathological data of the four groups

Group	Superficial gastritis	Gastric cancer		Cancer-	Atrophic gastritis
		Diffuse type	Intestinal type	adjacent
Case (n)	15	12	18	30	13
Age (yr)	54.3 ± 12.4	57.6 ± 10.9	59.8 ± 11.2	58.9 ± 11.08	60.5 ± 10.98
Gender (male/female)	10/5	8/4	12/6	20/10	8/5
H. pylori infection (positive/negative)	9/5	7/5	10/8	17/13	7/6

H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori.

Table 2 Tumour site and pathological pattern in the gastric cancer group

Index		Case (n)	P value
Tumour site	Upper and middle	20	> 0.05
	Lower	10
Pathological pattern	Diffusion	11	> 0.05
	Intestines	19