Table 2.

Clinicopathological Features of EBV-Positive and -Negative GCs

	EBV-positive GCs (n = 21)	EBV-negative GCs (n = 56)	P value*
Age (years)	50.2	56.6	0.043
M:F ratio	17:4	41:15	>0.05
Location
Antrum	4 (19%)	34 (60.7%)	0.02
Body/cardia	17 (81%)	22 (39.3%)
Histology†
WD	0	3 (5.4%)	0.019
MD	5 (23.8%)	17 (30.4%)
PD	16 (76.2%)	21 (37.5%)
SRC	0	9 (16.1%)
MUC	0	6 (10.7%)
LELC‡	9 (42.9%)	0	<0.001

*Age was compared using Student’s t test; histology was compared using chi-square test; the remainders, using two-tailed Fisher’s exact test.

^†Gastric carcinoma was classified, on the basis of a modification of the World Health Organization’s classification system, as well differentiated (WD), moderately differentiated (MD), poorly differentiated (PD), signet ring cell carcinoma (SRC), or mucinous carcinoma (MUC).

^‡Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma.