Table II.
Clinicopathological characteristics of 877 patients with gastric cancer.
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Age, years | |
| ≤60 | 459 (52.3) |
| >60 | 418 (47.7) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 605 (69.0) |
| Female | 272 (31.0) |
| Tumor location | |
| Upper | 179 (20.4) |
| Middle | 137 (15.6) |
| Lower | 550 (62.7) |
| Entire | 11 (1.3) |
| Tumor size, cm | |
| ≤5 | 568 (64.8) |
| >5 | 309 (35.2) |
| Tumor differentiation | |
| Well | 44 (5.0) |
| Moderately | 317 (36.1) |
| Poorly | 498 (56.8) |
| Undifferentiated | 18 (2.1) |
| pT stage | |
| T1 | 91 (10.4) |
| T2 | 141 (16.1) |
| T3 | 423 (48.2) |
| T4a | 211 (24.1) |
| T4b | 11 (1.3) |
| pN stage | |
| N0 | 223 (25.4) |
| N1 | 175 (20.0) |
| N2 | 265 (30.2) |
| N3a | 146 (16.6) |
| N3b | 68 (7.8) |
| TNM stage | |
| I | 126 (14.4) |
| II | 327 (37.3) |
| IIIA | 183 (20.9) |
| IIIB | 175 (20.0) |
| IIIC | 66 (7.5) |
| MLR | |
| MLR0 | 223 (25.4) |
| MLR1 | 203 (23.1) |
| MLR2 | 451 (51.4) |
| LODDS | |
| LODDS1 | 261 (29.8) |
| LODDS2 | 160 (18.2) |
| LODDS3 | 312 (35.6) |
| LODDS4 | 144 (16.4) |
| Number of LN retrieved | |
| <15 | 404 (46.1) |
| ≥15 | 473 (53.9) |
| Postoperative chemotherapy | |
| Yes | 275 (31.4) |
| No | 602 (68.6) |
pT, tumor depth; pN, pathological node; TNM, tumor-node-metastasis; MLR, metastatic lymph node ratio; LODDS, log odds of positive nodes; LN, lymph nodes.