Interleukin-23A is associated with tumor growth in Helicobacter-pylori-related human gastric cancer

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 141 GC patients

Patient demographics		IL-23 positive	IL-23 negative	Pvalue^a
Age, y (range)	59 (32–85)	ND	ND
Sex				0.730
Male	89	45	44
Female	52	28	24
Main location				0.613
U	74	36	38
ML	67	29	38
Size, cm (range)				0.028^b
>5	97	74	23
<5	44	25	19
Depth of invasion				0.519
T1/T2	88	24	14
T3/T4	53	29	24
Lauren classification				0.372
Intestinal	94	45	49
Diffuse	47	27	20
Lymph node metastasis				0.401
Positive	69	37	32
Negative	72	33	39
H.pylori infection				<0.0001^c
Positive	84	74	10
Negative	57	28	29
Stage				0.215
I	32	16	16
II	45	23	22
III	43	20	23
IV	21	10	11

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