Diverse Expression of IL-32 in Diffuse and Intestinal Types of Gastric Cancer

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients with intestinal and diffuse type of GC.

	Gastric cancer
	Intestinal type ()	Diffuse type ()
Gender (male/female)	41/9	8/12	0.025
Age (mean (range))	75.07 (54–92)	65.20 (55–79)	0.005
TNM classification (I and II/III and IV)	30/20	6/14	0.045
Nuclear grade (I/II/III)	4/35/11	0/0/20	0.001
Histological differentiation rate (well/moderate/poor)	11/26/13	0/0/20	0.001
Blood vessel invasion (absent/present)	37/13	8/12	0.011