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. 2015 Dec 8;10(12):e0144277. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144277

Table 1. Clinicopathologic characteristics of small bowel GISTs in 197 patients.

Variables Duodenum (n = 68) P-value a Jejunum (n = 82) P-value b Ileum(n = 47) P-value c
Age (years) 53.97 ± 11.8 0.511 55.58 ± 11.7 0.801 55.3 ± 9.0 0.421
Sex (Male:Female) 31:37 0.412 44:38 0.041 34:13 0.007
Main presentation (n, %)
 Incidental finding 15 (22.1%) 0.454 23 (28.0%) >0.99 13 (27.7%) 0.514
 Epigastria Symptoms 13 (19.1%) 0.002 36 (43.9%) 0.581 18 (38.3%) 0.032
 GI bleeding 17 (25.0%) 0.853 22 (26.8%) 0.077 6 (12.8%) 0.154
 Abdominal mass 5 (7.1%) 0.567 9 (11.0%) 0.002 16 (34.0%) <0.001
Risk category
 Very low (n, %) 2 (2.9%) 0.590 1 (1.2%) >0.99 0 0.140
 Low 16 (23.5%) >0.999 19 (23.2%) 0.101 5 (10.6%) 0.091
 Intermediate 25 (36.8%) 0.604 26 (31.7%) 0.419 11 (23.4%) 0.155
 High 25 (36.8%) 0.869 36 (43.9%) 0.004 31 (66.0%) 0.002

a, P-value between duodenum and jejunum;

b, P-value between jejunum and ileum;

c, P-value between duodenum and ileum.