TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients with gastric carcinoma

	Number	Percentage
Age
Mean ± SD	67.43 ± 11.22 (95% CI: 65.08‐69.78)
Gender
Male	68	75.6
Female	21	23.3
Unknown	1	1.1
Histologic grade
I‐ II	29	32.2
III	61	67.8
Clinical stage
1	10	11.1
2	24	26.7
3	46	51.1
4	2	2.2
Unknown	8	8.9
T stage
T1	4	4.4
T2	12	13.3
T3	42	46.7
T4a	11	12.2
T4b	7	7.8
Unknown	14	15.6
N stage
N0	24	26.7
N1	14	15.6
N2	23	25.6
N3a	19	21.1
N3b	9	10.0
Unknown	1	1.1
M stage
M0	88	97.8
M1	2	2.2