High SALM3 Expression in Tumor Cells and Fibroblasts Is Correlated with Poor Prognosis in Gastric Cancer Patients

Table 1

SALM3 expression in gastric benign and malignant tissues.

Characteristic		SALM3 in tumor cells				SALM3 in fibroblasts
		SALM3- (%)	SALM3+ (%)	Pearson		SALM3- (%)	SALM3+ (%)	Pearson
Total	860	511 (59.4)	349 (40.6)	62.87	<0.001	596 (69.3)	264 (30.7)	59.39	<0.001
Chronic gastritis	27	26 (96.3)	1 (3.7)			27 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Intestinal metaplasia	26	25 (96.2)	1 (3.8)			26 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia	32	29 (90.6)	3 (9.4)			32 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
High-grade intraepithelial neoplasia	25	22 (88.0)	3 (12.0)			22 (88.0)	3 (12.0)
Matched tumor neighbor	20	19 (95.0)	1 (5.0)			20 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Cancer	730	390 (53.4)	340 (46.6)			469 (64.2)	261 (35.8)

; SALM3- represents low expression and SALM3+ represents high expression.