Research Article

The Prognostic Role of SIRT1-Autophagy Axis in Gastric Cancer

Table 1

Association of Beclin-1, SIRT1, and their combined expression status with clinicopathological characteristics in GC.

CharacteristicsNBeclin-1 expression SIRT1 expression Beclin-1/SIRT1 expression
High (%)pHigh (%)pLow/low
(%)
Low/high
(%)
High/low
(%)
High/high
(%)
p

Gender
 Female2113 (61.9)0.78911 (52.4)0.7688 (38.1)0 (0.0)2 (9.5)11 (52.4)0.341
 Male7544 (58.7)42 (56.0)22 (29.3)9 (12.0)11 (14.7)33 (44.0)
Age (y)
604524 (53.3)0.25820 (44.4)19 (42.2)2 (4.4)6 (13.3)18 (40.0)0.110
 ≥605133 (64.7)33 (64.7)11 (21.6)7 (13.7)7 (13.7)26 (51.0)
BMI
247543 (57.3)0.44139 (52.0)0.23225 (33.3)7 (9.3)11 (14.7)32 (42.7)0.680
 ≥242114 (66.7)14 (66.7)5 (23.8)2 (9.5)2 (9.5)12 (57.1)
Tumor size (cm)
56632 (48.5)31 (47.0)25 (37.9)9 (13.6)10 (15.2)22 (33.3)
53025 (83.3)22 (73.3)5 (16.7)0 (0.0)3 (10.0)22 (73.3)
Tumor location
 Up3623 (63.9)0.24817 (47.2)0.23212 (33.3)1 (2.8)7 (19.4)16 (44.4)0.222
 Middle156 (40.0)7 (46.7)6 (40.0)3 (20.0)2 (13.3)4 (26.7)
 Lower4528 (62.2)29 (64.4)12 (26.7)5 (11.1)4 (8.9)24 (53.3)
Lauren classification
 Intestinal6032 (53.3)0.12031 (51.7)0.36822 (36.7)6 (10.0)7 (11.7)25 (41.7)0.441
 Diffuse3625 (69.4)22 (61.1)8 (22.2)3 (8.3)6 (16.7)19 (52.8)
Histologic grade
 WD and MD278 (39.6)<9 (33.3)16 (59.3)3 (11.1)2 (7.4)6 (22.2)
 PD6949 (71.0)44 (63.8)14 (20.3)6 (8.7)11 (15.9)38 (55.1)
LN metastasis
 Absence243 (12.5)<3 (12.5)<19 (79.2)2 (8.3)2 (8.3)1 (4.2)<
 Presence7254 (75.0)50 (69.4)11 (15.3)7 (9.7)11 (15.3)43 (59.7)
Tumor invasion
 EGC94 (44.4)0.5471 (11.1)5 (55.6)0 (0.0)3 (33.3)1 (11.1)
 AGC8753 (60.9)52 (59.8)25 (28.7)9 (10.3)10 (11.5)43 (49.4)
TNM stage
 I and II233 (13.0)<4 (17.4)<17 (73.9)3 (13.0)2 (8.7)1 (4.3)<
 III and IV7354 (74.0)49 (67.1)13 (17.8)6 (8.2)11 (15.1)43 (58.9)
VCE
 Absence5728 (49.1)28 (49.1)0.14724 (42.1)5 (8.8)5 (8.8)23 (40.4)
 Presence3929 (74.4)25 (64.1)6 (15.4)4 (10.3)8 (20.5)21 (53.8)
SIRT1 expression
 Low4313 (30.2)<
 High5344 (83.0)

BMI, body mass index; LN metastasis, lymph node metastasis; TNM stage, tumor node metastasis stage; VCE, vascular cancer embolus; WD, well differentiation; MD, middle differentiation; PD, poor differentiation; EGC, early gastric cancer; AGC, advantage gastric cancer; N, number of patients; ; .