Table 3. The Basic Characteristics of the Individuals With Upper Gastrointestinal Malignancies.
Upper GI malignancies |
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Esophageal cancers (n = 14, 17.1%) | Upper gastric cancers (n = 12, 14.6%) | Lower gastric cancers (n = 52, 63.4%) | Duodenal cancers (n = 4, 4.9%) | Total (n = 82) | P-value | |
Age (years) | 63.14 ± 13.92 | 67.83 ± 13.89 | 63.19 ± 13.37 | 77.50 ± 5.20 | 0.122a | |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 12 (85.7%) | 10 (17.2%) | 32 (61.5%) | 4 (100%) | 58 (70.7%) | 0.102b |
Female | 2 (8.3%) | 2 (8.3%) | 20 (38.5%) | 0 | 24 (29.3%) | |
H. pylori infection | ||||||
Positive | 0 | 0# | 12 (23.1%)# | 0 | 12 (17.1%) | 0.171b |
Excluded numbers | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Alarm features | ||||||
GI bleeding | 1 (7.1%) | 0 | 19 (36.5%) | 0 | 18 | 0.008b |
Body weight loss | 7 (50.0%) | 6 (50.0%) | 8 (15.4%) | 2 (50.0%) | 22 | 0.010b |
Dysphagia | 7 (50.0%) | 6 (50.0%) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.001b |
At least one alarm feature | 12 (85.7%) | 10 (83.3%) | 26 (50.0%) | 2 (50.0%) | 32 | 0.063b |
aKruskal-Wallis one-way ANOVA test. bPearson’s Chi-square test. Upper gastric cancers is defined as cancers in the cardia, fundus or upper corpus; lower gastric cancers is defined as cancers in antrum or angularis. #P = 0.062 analyzed by Fisher’s exact test. Six patients had more than one alarm features.