Table 2.
Clinicopathological characteristics of GC according to presence of metachronous MPC
| |
No MPC |
Meta MPC |
Pvalue |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 2996) | (n = 38) | ||
|
Sex |
|
|
|
| Male |
2010 (67.1%) |
32 (84.2%) |
0.025 |
| Female |
986 (32.9%) |
6 (15.8%) |
|
|
Age |
57.2 ± 11.8 |
63.6 ± 7.7 |
<0.001 |
|
Stage |
|
|
|
| I |
1598 (53.3%) |
26 (68.4%) |
0.011 |
| II |
430 (14.4%) |
9 (23.7%) |
|
| III |
726 (24.2%) |
3 (7.9%) |
|
| IV |
242 (8.1%) |
0 (0%) |
|
|
Multiplicity |
|
|
|
| Single |
2802 (93.5%) |
29 (76.3%) |
<0.001 |
| ≥2 |
194 (6.5%) |
9 (23.7%) |
|
|
Location |
|
|
|
| Upper |
1481 (50.4%) |
19 (52.8%) |
0.709 |
| Mid |
1003 (34.1%) |
10 (27.8%) |
|
| Lower |
339 (11.5%) |
6 (16.7%) |
|
| Diffuse |
115 (3.9%) |
1 (2.8%) |
|
|
Cell type |
|
|
|
| Tubular |
2334 (77.9%) |
32 (84.2%) |
0.703 |
| Signet ring cell |
503 (16.8%) |
5 (13.2%) |
|
| Mucinous |
72 (2.4%) |
0 (0%) |
|
| Others |
87 (2.9%) |
1 (2.6%) |
|
|
Maximal tumor size |
4.1 ± 2.8 |
3.0 ± 1.8 |
<0.001 |
|
Initial CEA |
4.6 ± 21.5 |
3.4 ± 4.1 |
0.763 |
|
Initial CA 19-9 |
40.1 ± 319.1 |
8.0 ± 6.9 |
0.662 |
|
Smoking History |
|
|
|
| Current smoker |
804 (27.2%) |
14 (36.8%) |
0.402 |
| Ex-smoker |
406 (13.7%) |
4 (10.5%) |
|
| Never-smoker |
1746 (59.1%) |
20 (52.6%) |
|
|
Alcoholic History |
|
|
|
| Current drinker |
1235 (41.8%) |
22 (57.9%) |
0.048 |
| Ex-drinker |
196 (6.6%) |
4 (10.5%) |
|
| Never-drinker |
1521 (51.5%) |
12 (31.6%) |
|
|
Outcome |
|
|
|
| Alive |
2290 (76.4%) |
13 (34.2%) |
|
| Dead | 706 (23.6%) | 25 (65.8%) |