Table 1.
Clinicopathological details and surgical results of gastric carcinoma in young, middle, and old age group patients.
| Characteristics | Young group N = 165 (11.96%) |
Middle group N = 716 (51.92%) |
Old group N = 498 (36.11%) |
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| Age | Years | 35.4 ± 3.9 | 52.0 ± 5.9 | 66.6 ± 3.9 | <0.001 |
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| Sex | Male | 82 (49.7) | 511 (71.4) | 382 (76.7) | <0.001 |
| Female | 83 (50.3) | 205 (28.6) | 116 (23.3) | ||
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| Resection margin | R0 | 139 (84.2) | 640 (89.4) | 427 (85.7) | 0.070 |
| R1 and R2 | 26 (15.8) | 76 (10.6) | 71 (14.3) | ||
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| Resection patterns | DG | 123 (74.5) | 429 (59.9) | 260 (52.2) | <0.001 |
| TG | 29 (17.6) | 164 (22.9) | 128 (25.7) | ||
| PG | 13 (7.9) | 128 (25.7) | 110 (22.1) | ||
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| Tumor size | cm | 4.8 ± 2.7 | 5.1 ± 2.8 | 5.4 ± 3.0 | 0.042 |
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| Tumor location | U | 19 (11.5) | 171 (23.9) | 152 (30.5) | <0.001 |
| M | 24 (14.5) | 93 (13.0) | 68 (13.7) | ||
| L | 117 (70.9) | 439 (61.3) | 268 (53.8) | ||
| UML | 5 (3.0) | 13 (1.8) | 10 (2.0) | ||
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| Macroscopic type | EGC | 33 (20.0) | 124 (17.3) | 69 (13.9) | 0.346 |
| Types 1-2 | 78 (47.3) | 330 (46.1) | 235 (47.2) | ||
| Types 3-4 | 54 (32.7) | 262 (36.6) | 194 (39.0) | ||
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| Differentiate degree | G1 and G2 | 15 (9.1) | 100 (14.0) | 100 (20.0) | 0.001 |
| G3 and G4 | 150 (90.9) | 616 (86.0) | 398 (79.9) | ||
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| Postoperative stay | Days | 9.8 ± 2.5 | 10.5 ± 4.5 | 11.5 ± 5.6 | <0.001 |
DG: distal gastrectomy; TG: total gastrectomy; PG: proximal gastrectomy; U: upper; M: middle; L: lower; EGC: early gastric cancer.