Table 1.
General characteristics of 1320 gastric cancer patients.
| No. of patients (%) | |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| < 60 | 697 (52.8%) |
| ≥ 60 | 623 (47.2%) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 421 (31.9%) |
| Male | 899 (68.1%) |
| Tumor size (cm) | |
| < 5 | 735 (55.7%) |
| ≥ 5 | 585 (44.3%) |
| Tumor location Upper third | 508 (38.5%) |
| Middle third | 273 (20.7%) |
| Lower third | 539 (40.8%) |
| Histological grade | |
| Well differentiated | 223 (16.9%) |
| Poorly differentiated | 1097 (83.1%) |
| Anemia | |
| No | 921 (69.8%) |
| Yes | 399 (30.2%) |
| PNI | |
| 0 | 1178 (89.2%) |
| 1 | 142 (10.8%) |
| BMI (Kg/m2) | |
| <18.5 | 545 (41.3%) |
| 18.5≤ and <25.0 | 439 (33.3%) |
| 25.0≤ | 336 (25.5%) |
| Serum albumin (g/L) | |
| <35 | 1201 (91.0%) |
| ≥35 | 119 (9.0%) |
| Preoperative body weight loss | |
| <5% | 898 (68.0%) |
| ≥5% | 422 (32.0%) |
| PNS | |
| 0 | 511 (38.7%) |
| 1 | 722 (54.7%) |
| 2 | 87 (6.6%) |
| TNM stage | |
| I | 220 (16.7%) |
| II | 331 (25.1%) |
| III | 769 (58.3%) |
| Adjuvant chemotherapy | |
| No | 811 (61.4%) |
| Yes | 509 (38.6%) |
Abbreviations: PNI = Prognostic Nutritional Index; BMI = body mass index; PNS = Preoperative nutritional status; TNM = tumour-node-metastasis staging.