Table 1.
Clinical features of patients with node-negative and -positive gastric carcinoma
| Variables | Node-negative (n = 1524) (%) | Node-positive (n = 1324) (%) | P value |
| Age (mean, yr) | 56.9 ± 11.1 | 57.1 ± 11.6 | NS |
| Gender | NS | ||
| Male | 988 (64.8) | 889 (67.1) | |
| Female | 536 (35.2) | 435 (32.9) | |
| Extent of lymph node dissection | NS | ||
| <D2 | 262 (17.2) | 246 (18.6) | |
| ≥D2 | 1,262 (82.8) | 1,078 (81.4) | |
| Operative type | < 0.001 | ||
| Total gastrectomy | 251 (16.5) | 383 (28.9) | |
| Subtotal gastrectomy | 1,226 (80.4) | 902 (68.1) | |
| Proximal gastrectomy | 12 (0.8) | 3 (0.3) | |
| Others | 35 (2.3) | 36 (2.7) | |
| Curability | < 0.001 | ||
| Curative | 1,492 (97.9) | 1,024 (77.3) | |
| Non-curative | 32 (2.1) | 300 (22.7) | |
| Recurrence | < 0.001 | ||
| Locoregional | 29 (13.2) | 46 (8.5) | |
| Peritoneum | 163 (74.1) | 480 (88.4) | |
| Others | 28 (12.7) | 17 (3.1 ) |
NS, not significant.