a trend toward significancep = 0.052
In the multivariate model, the presence of SARIFA showed a trend toward significance in its association with lymph node involvement (OR = 4.886; 95% CI: 0.985–24.241; p = 0.052).
In the multivariate model, the presence of SARIFA showed a trend toward significance in its association with lymph node involvement (OR = 4.886; 95% CI: 0.985–24.241; p = 0.052).
FABP4, another gene reported to be associated with SARIFA, was expressed 1.56 times higher in SARIFA-positive gastric cancers, but this difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.11, Wilcoxon test) ( Figure 5 ).
Although this association was marginally non-significant in multivariate analysis, combining SARIFA with LVI in a composite variable improved predictive accuracy.