Table 6.
Analysis of lymph node metastasis according to sex using a logistic regression model.
| Characteristics | Male |
Female |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds ratio (95% CI) |
p value | Odds ratio (95% CI) |
p value | |
| Tumor size | ||||
| ⩽3 cm | 1 | 1 | ||
| >3 cm | 2.07 (1.41–3.02) | <0.05 | 1.34 (0.85–2.11) | NS |
| Lymphovascular invasion | ||||
| No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 4.10 (2.62–6.40) | <0.05 | 3.42 (1.86–6.27) | <0.05 |
| Depth of invasion | ||||
| Mucosa | 1 | 1 | ||
| Submucosa | 4.48 (2.67–7.52) | <0.05 | 4.51 (2.58–7.86) | <0.05 |
| Histology | ||||
| WD-TUB | 1 | 1 | ||
| MD-TUB | 1.31 (0.72–2.39) | NS | 1.14 (0.59–3.79) | NS |
| PD-TUB | 1.69 (0.93–6.05) | NS | 3.19 (1.37–7.45) | <0.05 |
| SRC | 1.58 (0.75–3.59) | NS | 1.58 (0.61–4.11) | NS |
CI, confidence interval; NS, nonspecific; MD-TUB, moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma; PD-TUB, poorly differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma; SRC, signet ring cell carcinoma; WD-TUB, well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma.