Hyperglycemia promotes Snail-induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition of gastric cancer via activating ENO1 expression

Table 3 Correlation of ENO1 expression with clinicopathologic parameters in GC patients

Parameters	Cases	ENO1 expression		χ²	P-value
Parameters	Cases	High	Low	χ²	P-value
Gender				1.422	0.233
Male	75	55	20
Female	46	29	17
Age (years)				0.124	0.724
≥ 60	94	66	28
< 60	27	18	9
Blood glucose (mmol/L)^a				4.269	0.039*
≥ 7	19	17	2
< 7	102	67	35
Tumor size (cm)				0.230	0.631
≥ 5	68	46	22
< 5	53	38	15
Differentiation				0.767	0.381
Well + moderate	39	25	14
Poor	82	59	23
Lymph node metastasis				8.687	0.003*
Yes	90	69	21
No	31	15	16
Distant metastasis				5.868	0.015*
Yes	12	12	0
No	109	72	37
TNM stage				23.869	< 0.001*
I + II	43	18	25
III + IV	78	66	12

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