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. 2014 Jun 18;9(2):181–187. doi: 10.5009/gnl13417

Table 3.

Association of Clinicopathological Characteristics of the 1,105 Early Gastric Cancer Lesions with Curability of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection

Characteristic Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis


OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
Age 0.995 (0.973–1.017) 0.633 - -
Gender
 Female 1 -
 Male 0.666 (0.413–1.076) 0.097 - -
Tumor size, cm
 <2.0 1 -
 2.0–3.0 0.659 (0.392–1.109) 0.116 - -
 >3.0 0.660 (0.335–1.299) 0.229 - -
Tumor location
 Upper 1 1
 Middle 3.381 (1.619–7.061) 0.001 2.632 (1.128–6.144) 0.025
 Lower 5.081 (2.527–10.216) <0.001 3.497 (1.560–7.842) 0.002
Macroscopic appearance
 Elevated 1 -
 Flat/depressed 1.213 (0.795–1.853) 0.370 - -
Ulcer findings
 Absent 1 1
 Present 1.928 (1.108–3.354) 0.020 1.644 (0.917–2.947) 0.095
Resectability
En bloc 14.183 (8.491–23.693) <0.001 12.576 (7.442–21.250) <0.001
 Piecemeal 1 1

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.