Table 1. Clinical characteristics of 595 patients with GST and GS.
| Clinical characteristics | GST-L (n=164) | GS-L (n=13) | Puni | Pmulti | GST-S (n=329) | GS-S (n=89) | Puni | Pmulti |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 0.014†* | 0.054† | 0.002†** | 0.008** | ||||
| Male | 83 (50.6) | 2 (15.4) | 171 (52.0) | 30 (33.7) | ||||
| Female | 81 (49.4) | 11 (84.6) | 158 (48.0) | 59 (76.3) | ||||
| Age (years) (M ± SD) | 59.85±12.25 | 55.15±12.06 | 0.184‡ | 60.80±10.30 | 56.70±9.35 | <0.001‡*** | 0.322 | |
| Symptom | 0.378† | <0.001†*** | 0.222 | |||||
| 0 | 56 (34.1) | 7 (53.8) | 110 (33.4) | 55 (61.8) | ||||
| 1 | 72 (43.9) | 4 (30.8) | 176 (53.5) | 33 (37.1) | ||||
| 2 | 36 (22.0) | 2 (15.4) | 43 (13.1) | 1 (1.1) |
Except where indicated, data are numbers of tumors, with percentages in parentheses. *, P<0.05; **, P<0.01; ***, P<0.001. Calculated with the χ2 test (†) and independent sample t-test (‡). Puni/Pmulti, value from the univariate or multivariate analysis. Symptom 0/1/2, asymptomatic/symptoms but no hematemesis/melena, hematemesis and/or melena. GS, gastric schwannoma; GST, gastric stromal tumor; GST-L/GS-L/GST-S/GS-S, large or small GST/GS; M ± SD, mean ± standard deviation.