Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with gastric cancer
| No. of patients | |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | n (%) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 417 (65.7) |
| Female | 218 (34.3) |
| Age | 68.5 (30‐97) |
| Tumor location | |
| EGJ | 13 (2.0) |
| U | 124 (19.5) |
| M | 241 (38.0) |
| L | 257 (40.5) |
| Macroscopic type | |
| 0‐I | 16 (2.5) |
| 0‐IIa | 69 (10.9) |
| 0‐IIb | 6 (0.9) |
| 0‐IIc | 293 (46.1) |
| 0‐III | 2 (0.3) |
| 1 | 9 (1.4) |
| 2 | 102 (16.1) |
| 3 | 88 (13.9) |
| 4 | 17 (2.7) |
| 5 | 33 (5.2) |
| Dissection of lymph nodes | |
| D1 | 95 (15.1) |
| D1+ | 288 (45.6) |
| D2 | 248 (39.3) |
| Pathological feature | |
| tub1 | 159 (25.0) |
| tub2 | 167 (26.3) |
| por1 | 73 (11.5) |
| por2 | 160 (25.2) |
| sig | 51 (8.0) |
| muc | 15 (2.4) |
| pap | 7 (1.1) |
| others | 3 (0.5) |
| Stage | |
| I | 401 (63.2) |
| II | 112 (17.6) |
| III | 122 (19.2) |
| Surgical procedure | |
| DG | 410 (64.6) |
| TG | 182 (28.7) |
| PG | 43 (6.8) |
| Surgical approach | |
| Open | 254 (40.0) |
| Laparoscopic | 381 (60.0) |
| Adjuvant chemotherapy | |
| No | 475 (74.8) |
| Yes | 160 (25.2) |
| NLR | |
| <2.75 | 431 (67.9) |
| ≥2.75 | 204 (32.1) |
| PLR | |
| <178 | 413 (65.0) |
| ≥178 | 222 (35.0) |
| PI | |
| 0 | 579 (91.2) |
| 1 | 52 (8.2) |
| 2 | 4 (0.6) |
| PNI | |
| ≥45 | 469 (73.9) |
| 40 ≤ PNI < 45 | 100 (15.7) |
| <40 | 66 (10.4) |
| Recurrence | |
| No | 547 (86.1) |
| Yes | 88 (13.9) |
| Prognosis | |
| Survival | 447 (70.4) |
| Death | 188 (29.6) |
Data are presented as n (%) with the exception of age, which is presented as mean (range).
DG, distal gastrectomy; EGJ, esophagogastric junction; NLR, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio; PG, proximal gastrectomy; PI, prognostic index; PLR, platelet/lymphocyte ratio; PNI, prognostic nutritional index; TG, total gastrectomy.