The distinct expression patterns of claudin-10, -14, -17 and E-cadherin between adjacent non-neoplastic tissues and gastric cancer tissues

Table 1 Expression of E-cadherin and clinicopathological characteristics in gastric cancer patients

Item	n	E-cadherin (+)	E-cadherin (-)	P
Gastric cancer tissue	50	16	34	<0.01
Adjacent tissue	50	37	13
Gender
Male	34	10	24	0.494*
Female	16	6	10
Age (year)
≤60	26	8	18	1.000*
>60	24	8	16
Histological grade
Well – differentiated	14	8	6	<0.01
Moderately differentiated	25	7	18
Poor differentiated	11	1	10
Lymph node metastasis
+	24	4	20	<0.01
-	26	12	14
Ki67
+	17	6	11	0.356*
-	33	10	23

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