Table 1.
Incidence of lymph node metastasis and clinicopathological characteristics in undifferentiated-type early gastric cancer
| LNM(-) | LNM(+) | X2 | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 2.88 | 0.089 | ||
| Female | 121 | 38 | ||
| Male | 156 | 31 | ||
| Age(years) | 2.46 | 0.116 | ||
| < 60 | 160 | 47 | ||
| ≥ 60 | 117 | 22 | ||
| Smoking | 0.767 | 0.381 | ||
| Absence | 222 | 52 | ||
| Presence | 55 | 17 | ||
| Drinking | 0.042 | 0.838 | ||
| Absence | 230 | 58 | ||
| Presence | 47 | 11 | ||
| BMI(kg/m2) | 22.44 ± 3.68 | 21.01 ± 4.47 | 0.031 | |
| NLR | 1.89(1.41–2.53) | 1.92(1.56–3.15) | 0.156 | |
| PLR | 123.19(91.61-162.08) | 143.54(113.56-183.87) | 0.014 | |
| MLR | 0.19(0.15–0.26) | 0.20(0.157–0.29) | 0.192 | |
| Hb(g/L) | 132(119–144) | 123(106-138.5) | 0.005 | |
| CEA(ng/ml) | 1.86(1.2–3.1) | 1.66(1.12–2.16) | 0.163 | |
| CA125(U/ml) | 9.43(7.05–13.7) | 9.25(6.16–15.97) | 0.673 | |
| CA199(U/ml) | 8.98(5.31–13.55) | 8.41(6.05–13.76) | 0.127 | |
| Alb(g/L) | 42.91 ± 4.31 | 42.20 ± 4.21 | 0.431 | |
| Size(cm) | 10.34 | 0.001 | ||
| ≤ 2 | 164 | 26 | ||
| > 2 | 113 | 43 | ||
| Ulcer | 11.32 | 0.001 | ||
| Absence | 147 | 21 | ||
| Presence | 130 | 48 | ||
| Location | 4.25 | 0.23 | ||
| cardia | 21 | 1 | ||
| corpus | 67 | 16 | ||
| Incisura angularis | 87 | 21 | ||
| antrum | 102 | 31 | ||
| Macroscopic type | 6.39 | 0.04 | ||
| elevated | 18 | 3 | ||
| flat | 63 | 7 | ||
| depressed | 196 | 59 | ||
| Pathological type | 4.01 | 0.405 | ||
| sig | 17 | 2 | ||
| por | 117 | 36 | ||
| muc | 37 | 5 | ||
| por + muc | 38 | 9 | ||
| por + sig | 68 | 17 | ||
| Depth | 18.95 | < 0.001 | ||
| M | 169 | 22 | ||
| SM | 108 | 47 | ||
| LVI | 83.29 | < 0.001 | ||
| Absence | 259 | 34 | ||
| Presence | 18 | 35 | ||
BMI: body mass index;NLR: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio;PLR: platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio;MLR: monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio;Hb: hemoglobin;Alb:albumin;por:poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma,muc:mucinous adenocarcinoma, sig: signet ring cell carcinoma;M: mucosal;SM:submucosal; LVI: lymphovascular invasion;LNM: lymph node metastasis;