Table I.
Characteristics of patients included in the present study.
| Variable | Diffuse n=134 |
Intestinal n=146 |
Mixed n=20 |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at diagnosis (years) | <0.001 | |||
| Means ± SD | 58.44±12.53 | 64.41±9.61 | 67.35±7.90 | |
| Sex | 0.001 | |||
| Male | 74 | 110 | 15 | |
| Female | 60 | 36 | 5 | |
| Tumor location | 0.382 | |||
| Cardia | 17 | 12 | 3 | |
| Body | 54 | 54 | 5 | |
| Antrum | 63 | 80 | 12 | |
| MLH1 expressiona | 0.083 | |||
| Positive | 112 | 109 | 13 | |
| Negative | 22 | 35 | 7 | |
| Recurrence | 0.079 | |||
| Yes | 66 | 49 | 10 | |
| No | 62 | 86 | 9 | |
| Unknown | 6 | 11 | 1 | |
| Stagea | <0.001 | |||
| I/II | 39 | 79 | 8 | |
| III | 49 | 37 | 9 | |
| IV | 46 | 28 | 3 |
MLH1, mutL homolog 1; SD, standard deviation.
a
Two missing data in intestinal group.