These PDEMRGs (CKMT2, ME1, GSTA2, ASAH1, GGT5, RDH12, NNMT, POLR1A, ACYP1, GLA, OPLAH, DCK, and POLD3) were used to build a Cox regression risk model to predict the prognosis of GC patients. Here, OPLAH is linked to gastric cancer.