Table 2.

Multivariate analysis of the risk factors for lymph node metastasis in early and advanced gastric cancer.

Risk factor	Early			Advanced
	P	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI
Tumor size	<0.001	2.454	1.551-3.884	<0.001	2.612	1.749-3.902
T	<0.001	4.859	2.767-8.531	<0.001	1.877	1.672-2.108
Pathological type	0.026	1.586	1.057-2.380	0.010	1.318	1.066-1.631
Pure/mixed	0.003	2.030	1.270-3.246	–	–	–