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 Li ABE* , Pengwei Liu CE* , Jing Wang D , Xiaoping Niu C , Chiyi He FG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.923525
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e923525
Table 5 Multivariate analysis of risk factors for LNM in EGC with submucosal invasion.
| Variable | P-value | OR | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vascular tumor thrombus | 0.02 | 4.15 | 1.29–13.41 |
| Neural invasion | 0.001 | 20.56 | 4.37–96.79 |
| Endoscopic types | |||
| Elevated | – | 1 | – |
| Flat | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.03–0.89 |
| Depressed | 0.22 | 0.46 | 0.13–1.59 |
| LNM – lymph node metastasis; EGC – early gastric carcinoma; OR – odds ratio; CI – confidence intervals. | |||