Upregulated Solute Carrier SLC39A1 Promotes Gastric Cancer Proliferation and Indicates Unfavorable Prognosis

Table 1

Correlations between SLC39A1 protein level with patients’ characteristics.

Characteristic	Case (n = 154)	SLC39A1 protein level		-value
		Low (n = 77)	High (n = 77)
Age
≤60 yrs	64	30	34	0.513
>60 yrs	90	47	43
Sex
Female	43	17	26	0.106
Male	111	60	51
Localization
Upper 1/3	85	46	39	0.257
Lower 2/3	69	31	38
Tumor diameter
≤5.0 cm	109	63	46	0.003
>5.0 cm	45	14	31
Differentiation
Well/moderate	56	29	27	0.738
Poor	98	48	50
T stage
T1/T2	58	43	15	<0.001
T3/T4	96	34	62
LN metastasis
Negative	54	34	20	0.018
Positive	100	43	57