Table 1 Clinicopathologic features and the expression of NTR1 in 210 gastric cancer patients

Age

0.302

<60

15

27

23

≥60

46

53

46

Sex

0.315

Male

44

61

55

Female

17

19

14

Tumor size (cm)

0.291

<5

34

21

31

≥5

27

59

38

Pathological grade

0.027

Well and moderate

34

34

25

Poor and undifferentiated

27

46

44

Lauren’s classification

0.125

Intestinal

32

39

27

Diffusion

18

20

24

Mixed

11

21

18

T stage

0.001

T1-2

26

14

11

T3-4

35

66

58

N stage

0.000

Positive

33

66

58

Negative

28

14

11

TNM stage

0.011

I- II

28

18

17

III-IV

33

62

52