Table 1.
Patients’ demographic and baseline characteristics
| Young | Old | Significance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of patients | 58 | 58 | |
| Age (years) | 41 | 71 | |
| Women | 19 | 19 | |
| Ethnic origin | |||
| White | 57 | 57 | |
| Asian | 1 | 1 | |
| Black | 0 | 0 | |
| Nicotine abuse | 24 | 19 | n.s |
| Primary tumour site | |||
| Stomach | 33 | 33 | |
| Oesophagus | 9 | 9 | |
| GEJ | 16 | 16 | |
| Histology | |||
| Adenocarcinoma | 52 | 52 | |
| SCC | 6 | 6 | |
| Grading | |||
| GII | 15 | 21 | n.s |
| GIII | 36 | 31 | |
| Initial tumour stage | |||
| I | 5 | 6 | n.s |
| II | 12 | 12 | |
| III | 16 | 12 | |
| IV | 25 | 25 | |
| Metastatic sites per patient | |||
| 1 | 9 | 17 | 0.02 |
| 2 and more | 16 | 8 | |
| Location of metastasis | |||
| Peritoneum | 12 | 6 | 0.03 |
| Liver | 8 | 15 | |
| Lymph nodes | 12 | 5 | |
| H. Pylori (yes) | 10 | 11 | n.s |
| Her2 (yes) | 4 | 2 | n.s |
GEJ gastroesophageal junction, Her2 human epidermal growth receptor 2, H. pylori Helicobacter pylori