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Table 1 Correlation between H3S10 phosphorylation levels of tumor, PRM, and DRM with clinicopathological variables

From: p38-MAPK/MSK1-mediated overexpression of histone H3 serine 10 phosphorylation defines distance-dependent prognostic value of negative resection margin in gastric cancer

Total (n = 101)

H3S10 phosphorylation level of tumor

p value

H3S10 phosphorylation level of PRM

p value

H3S10 phosphorylation level of DRM

p value

Low (%), n = 42

Inter. (%), n = 44

High (%), n = 15

Low (%), n = 76

Inter. (%), n = 19

High (%), n = 6

Low (%), n = 57

Inter. (%), n = 40

High (%), n = 4

Age (years)

 ≤50

15 (35.7)

18 (40.9)

6 (40.0)

0.879‡

31 (40.8)

6 (31.6)

2 (33.3)

0.734‡

21 (36.8)

16 (40.0)

2 (50.0)

0.849‡

 >50

27 (64.3)

26 (59.1)

9 (60.0)

45 (59.2)

13 (68.4)

4 (66.7)

36 (63.2)

24 (60.0)

2 (50.0)

Sex

 Male

29 (69.0)

32 (72.7)

9 (60.0)

0.652‡

53 (69.7)

11 (57.9)

6 (100.0)

0.148‡

40 (70.2)

26 (65.0)

4 (100.0)

0.343‡

 Female

13 (31.0)

12 (27.7)

6 (40.0)

23 (30.3)

8 (42.1)

0 (0.0)

17 (29.8)

14 (35.0)

0 (0.0)

WHO classification

 WD

2 (4.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0.0001 ‡

2 (2.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0.008 ‡

2 (3.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0.0001 ‡

 MD

22 (52.4)

3 (6.8)

0 (0.0)

24 (31.6)

1 (5.3)

0 (0.0)

23 (40.4)

2 (5.0)

0 (0.0

 PD

16 (38.1)

40 (40.9)

7 (46.7)

44 (57.9)

16 (84.2)

3 (50.0)

29 (50.9)

33 (82.5)

1 (25.0)

 SRC

2 (4.8)

1 (2.3)

8 (53.3)

6 (7.9)

2 (10.5)

3 (50.0)

3 (5.3)

5 (12.5)

3 (75.0)

T stage

 T1

9 (21.4)

4 (9.1)

1 (6.7)

0.005 †

13 (17.1)

1 (5.3)

0 (0.0)

0.001 †

11 (19.3)

3 (7.5)

0 (0.0)

0.003 †

 T2

11 (26.2)

10 (22.7)

3 (20.0)

22 (28.9)

2 (10.5)

0 (0.0)

14 (24.6)

10 (25.0)

0 (0.0

 T3

16 (38.1)

20 (45.5)

2 (13.3)

26 (34.2)

10 (52.6)

2 (33.3)

23 (40.4)

15 (37.5)

0 (0.0)

 T4

6 (14.3)

10 (22.7)

9 (60.0)

15 (19.7)

6 (31.6)

4 (66.7)

9 (15.8)

12 (30.0)

4 (0.0)

Lymph node metastasis

 Absent

20 (47.6)

27 (61.4)

10 (66.7)

0.136†

42 (55.3)

10 (52.6)

5 (83.3)

0.385†

30 (52.6)

24 (60.0)

3 (75.0)

0.311†

 Present

22 (52.4)

17 (38.6)

5 (33.3)

34 (44.7)

9 (47.4)

1 (16.7)

27 (47.4)

16 (40.0)

1 (25.0)

pTNM stage

 I

14 (33.3)

7 (15.9)

1 (6.7)

0.016 †

20 (26.3)

2 (10.5)

0 (0.0)

0.015 †

17 (29.8)

5 (12.5)

0 (0.0)

0.037 †

 II

15 (35.7)

22 (50.0)

6 (40.0)

33 (43.4)

8 (42.1)

2 (33.3)

22 (38.6)

20 (50.0)

1 (25.0)

 III

13 (31.0)

14 (31.8)

7 (46.7)

22 (28.9)

8 (42.1)

4 (66.7)

17 (29.8)

14 (35.0)

3 (75.0)

 IV

0 (0.0)

1 (2.3)

1 (6.7)

1 (1.3)

1 (5.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.8)

1 (2.5)

0 (0.0)

Recurrence

 Absent

32 (76.2)

28 (63.6)

7 (46.7)

0.034 †

54 (71.1)

8 (42.1)

5 (83.3)

0.351†

43 (75.4)

23 (57.5)

1 (25.0)

0.012 †

 Present

10 (23.8)

16 (36.4)

8 (53.3)

22 (28.9)

11 (57.9)

1 (16.7)

14 (24.6)

17 (42.5)

3 (75.0)

Treatment modality

 Surgery

24 (57.1)

21 (47.7)

12 (80.0)

0.093‡

43 (56.6)

11 (57.9)

3 (50.0)

0.943‡

28 (49.1)

26 (65.0)

3 (75.0)

0.087‡

 NACT + Surgery

18 (42.9)

23 (52.3)

3 (20.0)

33 (43.4)

8 (42.1)

3 (50.0)

29 (50.9)

14 (35.0)

1 (25.0)

  1. All three columns are compared in each category: †chi-square test by two-sided linear-by-linear association; ‡chi-square test by two-sided Fisher’s exact test. Italics indicates values that are statistically significant (<0.05)
  2. Int. intermediate, PRM proximal resection margin, DRM distal resection margin