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 4 Univariate analysis of risk factors for LNM in EGC with submucosal invasion.
| Characteristic | LNM (+) | LNM (−) | χ2 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | n=43 | n=141 | 0.03 | 0.86 |
| Male | 35 | 113 | ||
| Female | 8 | 28 | ||
| Age (year) | 0.47 | 0.79 | ||
| <45 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 45–65 | 19 | 61 | ||
| >65 | 19 | 68 | ||
| Tumor location | 3.26 | 0.20 | ||
| Proximal stomach | 5 | 33 | ||
| Middle stomach | 4 | 16 | ||
| Distal stomach | 34 | 92 | ||
| Tumor size (cm) | 0.007 | 0.93 | ||
| <2 | 11 | 37 | ||
| ≥2 | 32 | 104 | ||
| Endoscopic types | 5.35 | 0.07 | ||
| Elevated | 6 | 13 | ||
| Flat | 4 | 36 | ||
| Depressed | 33 | 92 | ||
| Ulcer findings | 5.27 | 0.02 | ||
| Absence | 21 | 96 | ||
| 6Presence | 22 | 45 | ||
| Differentiation | 7.62 | 0.001 | ||
| Differentiated | 7 | 76 | ||
| Undifferentiated | 36 | 65 | ||
| Vascular tumor thrombus | 11.54 | 0.001 | ||
| Absence | 33 | 133 | ||
| Presence | 10 | 8 | ||
| Neural invasion | 19.30 | <0.001 | ||
| Absence | 33 | 138 | ||
| Presence | 10 | 3 | ||
| LNM – lymph node metastasis; EGC – early gastric carcinoma; OR – odds ratio; CI – confidence intervals. | ||||