Transcription factor Sp1 expression in gastric cancer and its relationship to long-term prognosis

Table 1 Sp1 expression in human gastric cancer tissues and its relationship with clinicopathologic features.

Clinicopathologicalparameters	Sp1 negativen = 30	Sp1 weakn = 9	Sp1 strongn = 26	χ2	P
Age (yr)
≥60	15	3	19	5.396	0.067
<60	15	6	7
Gender
Male	18	6	21	2.583	0.240
Female	12	3	5
Location
Upper third	6	2	9	4.660	0.324
Middle third	3	2	6
Lower third	21	5	11
Histopathologic type
Well differentiated	6	4	9	2.607	0.272
Poorly differentiated	24	5	17
Depth of infiltration
T-12	19	4	4	13.223	0.001
T-34	11	5	22
LN metastasis
No	19	5	9	4.819	0.306
≤6	6	2	10
>6	5	2	7
TNM stage
I	16	3	3	11.009	0.026
II, III	10	4	17
IV	4	2	6
Lauren's classification
Intestinal type	9	4	10	0.811	0.667
Diffuse type	21	5	16