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Table 2 Immunohistochemistry of gastric cancer and control groups.

From: Expression of Plakophilins (PKP1, PKP2, and PKP3) in Gastric Cancers

Plakophilin expression (mean ± sd) (range)*

Gastric cancer

n = 34

Controls

n = 20

p-value**

PKP1

3.42 ± 2.55 (0-6)

3.60 ± 2.55 (0-6)

0.628

PKP2

2.06 ± 2.02 (0-6)

5.60 ± 0.50 (5-6)

0.0000001

PKP3

2.44 ± 2.50 (0-6)

5.00 ± 1.86 (0-6)

0.0001

  1. *Plakophilin expression were graded according to 4 .
  2. **Non-parametric (Mann Whitney U Test)