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 | |||
Intestinal | 72 | 64.2 ± 3.3 | |
Diffuse | 50 | 56.2 ± 3.9 | |
Tumor location | |||
Distal | 81 | 57.2 ± 2.8 | |
Proximal | 41 | 63.2 ± 3.5 | |
Invasion | |||
Within the wall | 62 | 48.2 ± 3.1* | |
Invading serosa | 60 | 72.2 ± 2.7 | |
Lymph node spread | |||
Absent | 58 | 35.2 ± 2.6* | |
Present | 64 | 76.2 ± 3.1 | |
TNM stage | |||
I/II | 53 | 38.4 ± 3.2* | |
III/IV | 69 | 74.5 ± 2.9 | |