3.
Effects of clinicopathological characteristics on ELN count for predicting prognosis of GC patients
| Characteristics | ELN count | 5-YSR (%) | ELN<16 | ELN 16−30 | |||
| χ2 | P | χ2 | P | ||||
| Age at surgery (year) | |||||||
| <60 | <16 | 58.5 | − | − | − | − | |
| 16−30 | 60.0 | 0.611 | 0.434 | − | − | ||
| >30 | 59.1 | 0.045 | 0.832 | 0.175 | 0.676 | ||
| ≥60 | <16 | 46.2 | − | − | − | − | |
| 16−30 | 49.7 | 4.178 | 0.041 | − | − | ||
| >30 | 54.5 | 10.214 | 0.001 | 3.007 | 0.083 | ||
| ≥16 | 51.2 | 8.504 | 0.004 | − | − | ||
| Tumor location | |||||||
| Upper third | <16 | 45.7 | − | − | − | − | |
| 16−30 | 51.8 | 6.765 | 0.009 | − | − | ||
| >30 | 51.5 | 2.869 | 0.090 | 0.044 | 0.834 | ||
| Middle third | <16 | 53.7 | − | − | − | − | |
| 16−30 | 49.7 | 0.504 | 0.478 | − | − | ||
| >30 | 54.8 | 0.152 | 0.679 | 1.575 | 0.209 | ||
| Lower third | <16 | 61.9 | − | − | − | − | |
| 16−30 | 63.0 | 0.225 | 0.635 | − | − | ||
| >30 | 63.8 | 0.527 | 0.468 | 0.184 | 0.668 | ||
| >2/3 stomach | <16 | 31.5 | − | − | − | − | |
| 16−30 | 33.8 | 1.264 | 0.261 | − | − | ||
| >30 | 30.9 | 0.594 | 0.441 | 0.044 | 0.835 | ||
| Tumor size (cm) | |||||||
| ≤4.0 | <16 | 65.0 | − | − | − | − | |
| 16−30 | 69.6 | 4.734 | 0.030 | − | − | ||
| >30 | 70.9 | 6.090 | 0.014 | 0.747 | 0.388 | ||
| ≥16 | 70.0 | 7.063 | 0.008 | − | − | ||
| >4.0 | <16 | 39.0 | − | − | − | − | |
| 16−30 | 41.7 | 4.526 | 0.033 | − | − | ||
| >30 | 46.9 | 13.728 | <0.001 | 4.515 | 0.034 | ||
| Lauren classification | |||||||
| Intestinal | <16 | 59.2 | − | − | − | − | |
| 16−30 | 62.4 | 1.117 | 0.291 | − | − | ||
| >30 | 62.2 | 0.955 | 0.328 | 0.052 | 0.820 | ||
| Diffuse | <16 | 45.6 | − | − | − | − | |
| 16−30 | 50.3 | 10.764 | 0.001 | − | − | ||
| >30 | 54.0 | 17.336 | <0.001 | 2.370 | 0.124 | ||
| ≥16 | 51.6 | 17.444 | <0.001 | − | − | ||
| Type of gastrectomy | |||||||
| TG | <16 | 32.4 | − | − | − | − | |
| 16−30 | 35.2 | 0.818 | 0.366 | − | − | ||
| >30 | 40.5 | 7.883 | 0.005 | 5.413 | 0.020 | ||
| Table 3 (continued) | |||||||