Table 3 Relationships between IL-8 levels and clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer
From: H. pylori infection is related to mitochondrial microsatellite instability in gastric carcinogenesis
Characteristic | n | level of IL-8 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 88 | 62.2 ± 3.1 |
|  | Female | 34 | 58.2 ± 3.2 |
Age | <40 years | 39 | 58.2 ± 3.6 |
|  | >40 years | 83 | 61.2 ± 3.4 |
Size | <5 cm | 62 | 57.2 ± 3.5 |
|  | >5 cm | 60 | 63.2 ± 2.9 |
Histological type | Â | Â | Â |
|  | Intestinal | 72 | 64.2 ± 3.3 |
|  | Diffuse | 50 | 56.2 ± 3.9 |
Tumor location | Â | Â | Â |
|  | Distal | 81 | 57.2 ± 2.8 |
|  | Proximal | 41 | 63.2 ± 3.5 |
Invasion | Â | Â | Â |
|  | Within the wall | 62 | 48.2 ± 3.1* |
|  | Invading serosa | 60 | 72.2 ± 2.7 |
Lymph node spread | Â | Â | Â |
|  | Absent | 58 | 35.2 ± 2.6* |
|  | Present | 64 | 76.2 ± 3.1 |
TNM stage | Â | Â | Â |
|  | I/II | 53 | 38.4 ± 3.2* |
|  | III/IV | 69 | 74.5 ± 2.9 |