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. 2020 Oct;9(10):6026–6038. doi: 10.21037/tcr-20-2024

Table 1. Basic characteristics of the included 25 studies.

Authors Country Patient criteria Document type NOS Group No. Age Gender Tumor location pTNM stage
Male Female Upper Middle Lower I II III IV
Song et al. (4) China GC underwent surgery (2007–2011) Retrospective Study 7 YG ≤40 112 59 53 12 21 64 5 30 59 18
OG ≥70 358 274 84 61 64 208 25 89 206 38
Cormedi et al. (5) Brazil GC (2011–2013) Retrospective Study 8 YG ≤40 71 37 34 37 4 5 23 36
OG >40 223 63.74 135 88 35 29 52 89
Tavares et al. (8) Portugal GC with surgery (2000–2005) Retrospective Study 7 YG ≤40 23 12 11 6 6 4 6
OG >40 360 207 153 76 43 105 97
Guan et al. (9) the United States GC (1973–2014) Retrospective Study 8 YG <35 1,369 728 641 338 133 275 51 59 119 385
OG ≥65 46,521 28,104 18,417 11,839 3,617 12,243 3,838 3,407 3,604 4,358
Isobe et al. (10) Japan GAC (1977–2006) Retrospective Study 8 YG ≤40 169 34.5±4.8 79 90 34 70 40 68 30 23 48
OG >40 3,649 64.5±10.0 2,518 1,131 790 1,047 1,341 1,765 471 628 782
Kim et al. (11) Korea GC (1986–2000) Retrospective Study 8 YG ≤35 137 30.6±5.1 63 74 23 50 56 41 21 36 39
OG >70 194 73.3±3.1 131 63 16 41 130 60 41 55 38
Kunisaki et al. (12) Japan GC underwent curative surgery (1985–1999) Retrospective Study 8 YG ≤40 131 35.2±5.0 64 67 44 65 19 79 16 24 12
OG ≥55 918 60.2±3.2 658 260 340 386 168 510 123 174 111
Liu et al. (13) China GC underwent surgery; no chemotherapy; no metastasis. (2008–2014) Retrospective Study 7 YG ≤40 198 115 83
OG ≥55 1,096 895 201
Okamoto et al. (14) Japan GC underwent laparotomy
(1960–1984)
Retrospective Study 6 YG <30 34 24.9 10 24 3 13 7
OG ≥75 132 77.9 97 35 12 37 66 39 7 31 55
Takatsu et al. (15) Japan GC underwent surgical resection (2000–2010) Retrospective Study 8 YG ≤40 136 36 [16–39] 72 64 25 70 35 65 21 28 22
OG ≥60 1,435 65 [60–69] 1,024 411 385 581 416 786 206 253 190
Tekesin et al. (16) Turkey GC (1990–2014) Retrospective Cohort Study 7 YG ≤40 92 36 [22–40] 53 39 17 5 4 17 52
OG >40 774 60 [41–75] 553 221 141 –– 25 46 195 372
Wang et al. (17) China GC underwent gastrectomy (1998–2006) Prospective Study 7 YG ≤40 21 34.9±1.1 9 12 1 7 13
OG >55 36 67.1±0.8 22 14 4 7 25 11 9 15 1
Hsieh et al. (18) Japan GAC underwent curative gastrectomy (1981–1992) Retrospective Study 7 YG ≤40 115 46 69 14 27 68 23 22 56 14
OG >60 1,009 626 373 194 160 626 293 160 467 89
Ma et al. (19) China GC underwent curative surgery (2009–2011) Retrospective Study 7 YG ≤40 125 76 49 30 24 71
OG >40 1,752 1,341 411 403 400 946
Mitsudomi et al. (20) Japan GC (1970–1984) Retrospective Study 7 YG <40 128 66 62 13 58 31
OG ≥50 1,275 863 412 131 379 550
Kulig et al. (21) Poland GC (1977–1998) Retrospective Study 6 YG ≤40 214 35.0 119 95 24 56 56 24 14 25 63
OG >40 3,217 61.0 2,277 940 387 733 677 315 251 380 770
Bani-Hani et al. (22) Jordan GAC (1991–2001) Retrospective Study 7 YG ≤40 17 36.3±0.9 7 10 5 3 3 4 2 4 7
OG >40 159 63.8±0.7 104 55 26 39 83 11 39 55 46
Kim et al. (23) Korea GC underwent surgery (1993–2000) Retrospective Study 7 YG ≤40 175 34.58±4.26 100 75 19 67 83 79 20 49 37
OG >40 1,124 59.25±9.17 765 359 120 364 624 439 145 304 236
Lai et al. (24) Korea GC underwent curative surgery (1987–2004) Retrospective Study 8 YG ≤40 883 35 476 407 125 444 135 213 91
OG >40 6,071 58.7 4,195 1,876 720 2,850 1,057 1,567 597
Maehara et al. (25) Japan GC underwent surgery (1965–1991) Retrospective Study 6 YG <40 174 38.8±4.9 89 85 31 58 63
OG >70 356 74.8±3.9 247 109 90 86 152
Silva et al. (26) Brazil GAC (1988–2005) Retrospective Study 7 YG ≤40 62 38 24 9 50 21 35
OG >40 453 288 165 68 385 127 280
Zhou et al. (27) China GC resections (2004–2014) Retrospective Study 7 YG ≤40 152 33.7±5.54 53 99 8 57 75 39 32 66 15
OG >40 250 62.9±10.4 178 72 75 53 115 141 35 52 22
Adachi et al. (28) Japan GC underwent surgery (1981–1990) Retrospective Study 7 YG <40 36 20 16 6 16 5 8 7
OG >60 68 43 25 27 25 13 16 14
Bautista et al. (29) the United States Non-cardia GAC (2000–2010) Retrospective Cohort Study 8 YG <40 46 34.1±4.1 24 22 1 10 14
OG ≥50 1,208 71.5±3.8 714 494 65 379 426
Wang et al. (30) China GC underwent curative gastrectomy (2005–2010) Retrospective Study 8 YG ≤40 342 34.1±5.2 198 144 53 79 177 82 97 137 26
OG >40 3,588 61.4±10.1 2,448 1,140 841 741 1,783 876 927 1,522 263

No., number of patients; pTNM, pathological (p), primary tumor (T), lymph nodes (N) and distant metastases (M); GC, gastric cancer; GAC, gastric adenocarcinoma.