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 |
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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.