Research Article

KIF2A Overexpression and Its Association with Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Poor Prognoses in Patients with Gastric Cancer

Table 1

KIF2A expression in gastric benign and malignant tissues.

CharacteristicKIF2A− (%)KIF2A+ (%)Pearson

Total658271 (41.19)387 (58.81)42.4355<0.001
 Chronic gastritis1813 (72.22)5 (27.78)
 Intestinal metaplasia154 (26.67)11 (73.33)
 Low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia3721 (56.76)16 (43.24)
 High-grade intraepithelial neoplasia6225 (40.32)37 (59.68)
 Cancer461162 (35.14)299 (64.86)
 Surgical margin6546 (70.77)19 (29.23)

< 0.05; KIF2A+ represents high KIF2A expression; KIF2A− represents low KIF2A expression.