Table 1.
Clinicopathologic features in these patiens and COX-2 index (-x ± s)
| Parameter | -x ± s | P |
| Sex | ||
| male (n = 27) | 0.5798 ± 0.2754 | NSa |
| female (n = 6) | 0.6722 ± 0.2012 | |
| Age (range) | ||
| ≤ 60 (n = 16) | 0.6144 ± 0.2655 | NS |
| > 60 (n = 17) | 0.5799 ± 0.2651 | |
| Blood group | ||
| A type (n = 10) | 0.5928 ± 0.2647 | NS |
| B type (n = 11) | 0.6415 ± 0.264 | |
| O type (n = 7) | 0.5906 ± 0.2614 | |
| AB type (n = 5) | 0.6221 ± 0.2551 | |
| Greatest tumor dimension | ||
| < 5 cm (n = 11) | 0.4929 ± 0.2807 | NS |
| ≥ 5 cm (n = 22) | 0.6485 ± 0.242 | |
| Histopathologic type | ||
| Middling differentiation (n = 7) | 0.5772 ± 0.2645 | NS |
| Low differentiation (n = 9) | 0.5563 ± 0.249 | |
| Middling and low differentiation (n = 6) | 0.4278 ± 0.2911 | |
| Signet-ring/mucous cell (n = 11) | 0.7341 ± 0.186 | |
| Gross type | ||
| Borrmann I (n = 8) | 0.4897 ± 0.28 | NS |
| Borrmann II III (n = 22) | 0.6244 ± 0.2672 | |
| Borrmann IV (n = 3) | 0.6785 ± 0.0443 | |
| Depth of invasionb | ||
| pT2 (n = 10) | 0.5198 ± 0.2516 | NS |
| pT3 (n = 11) | 0.5682 ± 0.2526 | |
| pT4 (n = 12) | 0.686 ± 0.2633 | |
| Lymph nodeb | ||
| pN0 (n = 10) | 0.4105 ± 0.2182 | < 0.05 |
| pN1 and pN2 (n = 23) | 0.6775 ± 0.2486 | |
| TNM stageb | ||
| I and II (n = 9) | 0.4054 ± 0.2275 | < 0.05 |
| III (n = 13) | 0.6561 ± 0.2233 | |
| IV (n = 11) | 0.6829 ± 0.2631 | |
| Tumor location | ||
| Antrum (n = 18) | 0.5678 ± 0.314 | NS |
| Corpus (n = 6) | 0.6771 ± 0.1488 | |
| Cardiac orifice (n = 9) | 0.6006 ± 0.203 |
a
NS, not significant.
b
Each factor of pT, pN and TNM stage was determined according to the UICC TNM classification, published in 1985.