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Table 7.

Survival analysis in gastric cancer

	Univariate			Multivariate

Variable	Total (%)	5 years (%)	P-value	RR	95% CI	P-value
Age at surgery (years)
≤60	157	61.8	0.428
>60	129	54.8
Gender
Male	211	72.4	0.612
Female	75	46.7
Pathophysiologic features
Tumor size (cm)
≤5	168	64.8	<0.001^*	0.983	0.691-1.400	0.925
>5	118	49.7
Tumor location¹
Upper	31	33.5	0.134
Middle	46	43.5
Lower	208	71.2
Histological grade
Well/Moderate differentiation	70	49.3	0.634
Poor differentiation	216	73.1
Growth pattern²
Expanding	67	58.2	0.287
Intermediate	90	48.9
infiltrative	122	51.3
T stage
T1	25	70.0	<0.001^*	0.555	0.380-0.811	0.002^*
T2	45	77.8
T3	154	61.5
T4	62	21.0
N stage
N0	74	85.1	<0.001^*	0.449	0.301-0.671	<0.001^*
N1	36	71.2
N2	71	46.5
N3a/3b	105	42.9
M stage
Negative	203	71.8	<0.001^*	0.667	0.453-0.981	0.039^*
Positive	83	32.4
Lymphatic invasion
Negative	208	71.5	0.001^*	0.798	0.556-1.145	0.221
Positive	78	35.9
General classification³
Borrmann 1	3	66.7	<0.001^*	0.654	0.393-1.089	0.102
Borrmann 2	31	70.8
Borrmann 3	202	70.7
Borrmann 4	24	20.8
Tumor stage
I/II	97	88.5	<0.001*	0.456	0.182-1.143	0.094
III/IV	189	69.8
PLAGL2 expression
Low	23	39.1	0.137
High	263	77.5

one case didn’t report the tumor location.

seven cases didn’t report the growth pattern.

Twenty-sixe patients were diagnosed with early gastric cancer.

Indicated statistical significance (P<0.05).