TABLE 2.

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of potential risk factors for lymph node metastasis in patients with early gastric cancer

Characteristic	P	OR	95% CI
Histological classification	0.0400	2.058	1.034–4.098
Macroscopic type	0.0085	2.339	1.242–4.403
Tumour size	0.0030	2.750	1.409–5.365
Depth of gastric carcinoma infiltration	0.0005	3.589	1.754–7.342
Vascular or lymphatic invasion	0.0489	2.849	1.005–8.076