Research Article

Snail Protein Expression as a Hallmark of Gastric Carcinoma in Biopsy Samples

Table 5

Correlation between Snail expression and E-cadherin, vimentin expression in gastritis, and adenoma biopsy samples.

Snail expression in gastritisSnail expression in adnoma 
 Negative (<10)Low (10–20)TotalPNegative (<10)Low (10–20)TotalP

E-cadherin430.024410.034
 Negative (0–10%)7 (16%)3 (6%)104 (10%)12 (30%)16
 Positive (>10%)32 (74%)2 (4%)3423 (56%)2 (4%)25
Vimentin430.021410.031
 Negative (0–10%)33 (77%)5 (12%)3823 (56%)4 (10%)27
 Positive (>10%)1 (2%)4 (9%)54 (10%)10 (24%)14