Table 1.

Univariate analysis of factors affecting lymph node metastasis

Factor		Lymph node metastasis		χ2	P
		LN (-, n = 56)	LN (+, n = 165)
Gender	Male	37	91	0.716	0.529
	Female	28	65
Age	<60	39	62	0.485	0.637
	≥60	45	75
Tumor diameter (mm)	<4	23	46	23.257	<0.001
	≥4	60	92
Tumor location	Cardia	17	30	4.864	0.027
	Gastric body	69	105
NLR	<2.26	29	59	32.693	<0.001
	≥2.26	53	70
PLR	<142.37	32	49	7.974	0.039
	≥142.37	51	89
Infiltration depth	T1-T2	27	47	35.863	<0.001
	T3-T4	53	94
TNM staging	I-II	38	43	36.286	<0.01
	III-IV	45	95

Abbreviations: NLR, Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio; PLR, Platelet/Lymphocyte Ratio; TNM staging, Tumor-Node-Metastasis staging.