14 July 2020 : Clinical Research
Clinicopathologic Characteristics and Risk Factors of Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Early Gastric Cancer in the Wannan Region
Lin Li1ABE*, Pengwei Liu1CE, Jing Wang1D, Xiaoping Niu1C, Chiyi He1FGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.923525
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e923525
Table 3 Multivariate analysis of risk factors for LNM in 381 patients with EGC.
| Variable | P-value | OR | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tumor size | 0.268 | 1.559 | 0.711–3.419 |
| Differentiation | 0.065 | 2.255 | 0.951–5.347 |
| Depth of invasion | 0.005 | 3.496 | 1.452–8.422 |
| Vascular tumor thrombus | 0.001 | 6.326 | 2.313–17.305 |
| Neural invasion | 0.001 | 10.945 | 3.291–36.405 |
| LNM – lymph node metastasis; EGC – early gastric carcinoma; OR – odds ratio; CI – confidence intervals. | |||






