AEBP1 and gastric cancer: We next analyzed the prognostic value of AEBP1 after further stratification by TNM stage, and the subgroup analysis of our data indicated that high AEBP1 expression was correlated with worse OS in patients with both early-stage (TNM I and II) (HR = 1.687, 95% CI (1.023–2.779), P = 0.0403, Fig. 3D) and late-stage (TNM III and IV) (HR = 2.197, 95% CI (1.089–3.883), P = 0.0294, Fig. 3F) GC.