The Role of Serum CK18, TIMP1, and MMP-9 Levels in Predicting R0 Resection in Patients with Gastric Cancer

Table 3

Relationship between biomarker levels and tumor size, number of pathological lymph nodes, and pathological stage.

	CK18		MMP-9		TIMP1
	Rho		Rho		Rho
Tumor size	−0.093	0.521	−0.052	0.718	−0.019	0.897
Pathological N	0.491	0.001	0.396	0.008	0.497	0.001
Pathological stage	0.278	0.050	0.346	0.014	0.359	0.011