Expression of Cancer Stem Cell Marker CD44 and Its Polymorphisms in Patients with Chronic Gastritis, Precancerous Gastric Lesion, and Gastric Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study in Thailand
Table 1
Patient’s demographics data among gastric mucosal pathology.
Patient’s demographics data
Gastric mucosal pathology
value
Chronic gastritis ( = 125)
Precancerous ( = 113)
Gastric cancer ( = 162)
Age (year ± SD)
55.03 ± 12.92
54.32 ± 15.83
61.38 ± 12.39
0.169
Sex (male (%))
35.5
39.3
72.5
0.057
Underlying condition (%)
(i) HT
9.67
7.14
10.25
0.861
(ii) DM
12.90
10.71
12.82
0.732
(iii) Hyperlipidemia
6.45
3.57
5.12
0.463
(iv) Smoking
16.12
14.28
15.38
0.548
(v) Alcohol
12.90
7.14
15.38
0.169
(vi) Family history of gastric cancer
3.22
3.57
5.15
0.663
CD44 polymorphism (%)
(i) AA
12.90
17.90
2.50
0.02
(ii) AG
45.20
39.30
42.50
0.683
(iii) GG
41.90
42.90
55.0
0.425
CD44 protein staining (positive () (%))
-
21.40
65.0
0.03
Comparison between the groups was done by using ANOVA. is set at .
