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. 2025 Aug 12;15:1590133. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1590133

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the overall patient population.

Characteristics n(%) Skip(n=55) PT-only (n=411) p PT+EP (n=391) p N0(n=800) p
Gender 0.740 0.443 0.874
Male 40(72.7) 310(75.4) 261(66.8) 592(74.0)
Female 15(27.3) 101(24.6) 130(33.2) 208(26.0)
Age (years) 0.924 0.247 0.289
≤60 30(54.5) 227(55.2) 245(62.7) 494(61.8)
>60 25(45.5) 184(44.8) 146(37.3) 306(38.3)
Tumor size (cm) 0.676 0.041 0.002
≤4 26(47.3) 182(44.3) 130(33.2) 539(67.4)
>4 29(52.7) 229(55.7) 261(66.8) 261(32.6)
Location 0.120 0.041 0.619
Lower 44(80.0) 265(64.5) 249(64.7) 571(71.4)
Middle 5(9.1) 56(13.6) 80(19.4) 117(14.6)
Upper 6(10.9) 71(17.3) 43(11.0) 100(12.5)
≥2/3 stomach 0(0.0) 19(4.6) 19(4.9) 12(1.5)
pT stage 0.493 0.181 <0.001
T1 6(9.1) 31(7.5) 14(3.6) 344(43.0)
T2 5(10.9) 86(20.9) 58(14.8) 155(19.4)
T3 26(47.3) 166(40.4) 152(38.9) 201(25.1)
T4 18(32.7) 128(31.1) 167(42.7) 100(12.5)
pN stage 0.058 <0.001 --
N0 -- -- -- 800(100.0)
N1 37(67.3) 221(53.8) 30(7.7)
N2 13(23.6) 134(32.6) 129(33.0)
N3a 5(9.1) 46(11.2) 162(41.4)
N3b 0(0.0) 10(2.4) 70(17.9)
Borrmann type 0.141 0.001 <0.001
Borrmann I 9(16.4) 48(11.7) 18(4.6) 360(45.0)
Borrmann II 5(9.1) 52(12.7) 60(15.3) 132(16.5)
Borrmann III 41(74.5) 285(69.3) 282(72.1) 288(36.0)
Borrmann IV 0(0.0) 26(6.3) 31(7.9) 20(2.5)
Lauren type 0.306 0.769 0.023
Intestinal 25(45.5) 217(52.8) 186(47.6) 488(61.0)
Diffuse 30(54.5) 194(47.2) 205(52.4) 312(39.0)
Histology 0.015 0.011 0.049
Middle&High 25(45.5) 120(29.2) 112(28.6) 260(32.5)
Low 30(54.5) 291(70.8) 279(71.4) 540(67.5)
Gastrectomy type 0.562 0.060 0.479
Subtotal 48(87.3) 344(83.7) 294(75.2) 723(90.4)
Total 7(12.7) 67(16.3) 97(24.8) 77(9.6)
Lymphovascular invasion 0.858 0.876 0.308
NO 43(78.2) 328(79.8) 302(77.2) 668(83.5)
YES 12(21.8) 83(20.2) 89(22.8) 132(16.5)
RLNs 0.123 0.698 0.013
<15 10(18.2) 115(28.0) 63(16.1) 276(34.5)
≥15 45(81.8) 296(72.0) 328(83.9) 524(65.5)

Significant p values are in bold.

PT peritumoral, EP extraperitumoral, RLNs retrieved lymph nodes.