Table 4. The Relationships With Alarm Features and Stages of Gastric Cancers.
| Gastric malignancies |
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| Bormann’s classification |
Histological classification |
AJCC classification |
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| I (n = 18, 28.1%) | II (n = 32, 50.0%) | III (n = 14, 21.9%) | P value | Early (n = 18, 28.1%) | Late (n = 46, 71.9%) | P value | I (n = 20, 31.3%) | II (n = 16, 25.1%) | III (n = 18, 28.1%) | IV (n = 10, 15.6%) | P value | |
| Age (years) | 66.22 ± 13.80 | 63.13 ± 14.06 | 63.43 ± 12.32 | 0.764a | 56.11 ± 14.84 | 67.17 ± 11.67 | 0.009a | 57.10 ± 14.37 | 72.25 ± 10.08 | 63.78 ± 12.27 | 65.40 ± 12.41 | 0.008a |
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| GI bleeding | 1 (5.6%) | 14 (43.8%) | 4 (28.6%) | 0.018b | 6 (33.3%) | 13 (28.3%) | 0.690b | 6 (30.0%) | 3 (18.8%) | 6 (33.3%) | 4 (40.0%) | 0.673b |
| Body weight loss | 6 (33.3%) | 4 (12.5%) | 4 (28.6%) | 0.183b | 0 | 14 (30.4%) | 0.007c | 0 | 6 (37.5%) | 6 (33.3%) | 2 (20.0%) | 0.025b |
| Dysphagia | 3 (16.7%) | 1 (3.1%) | 2 (14.3%) | 0.111b | 0 | 6 (13.0%) | 0.125c | 0 | 1 (6.3%) | 2 (11.1%) | 3 (30.0%) | 0.063b |
| At least one alarm feature | 8 (55.6%) | 18 (56.3%) | 10 (71.4%) | 0.312b | 6 (33.3%) | 30 (65.2%) | 0.021b | 6 (30.0%) | 8 (50.0%) | 14 (77.8%) | 8 (80.0%) | 0.009b |
aKruskal-Wallis one-way ANOVA test. bPearson’s Chi-square test. cFisher’s exact test. Early gastric cancer is defined as adenocarcinoma that is limited to the gastric mucosa or submucosa; late gastric cancer is defined as extend beyond the submucosa. Three patients had more than one alarm features.