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. 2022 May 25;16(6):875–891. doi: 10.5009/gnl210359

Table 2.

Baseline Clinicopathological Features According to Histologic Subtypes among EBVaGCs

Variable LELC (n=29) CLR (n=28) CA (n=19) p-value p-value p-value§
Age, yr
Mean±SD 59.6±9.8 58.4±8.1 64.6±14.1 0.589 0.166 0.056
<60 10 (34.5) 14 (50.0) 5 (26.3) 0.236 0.551 0.104
≥60 19 (65.5) 14 (50.0) 14 (73.7)
Gender
Male 26 (89.7) 25 (89.3) 15 (78.9) 0.699 0.542 0.576
Female 3 (10.3) 3 (10.7) 4 (21.1)
Location
Proximal 21 (72.4) 23 (82.1) 15 (78.9) 0.381 0.865 0.917
Distal 8 (27.6) 5 (17.9) 4 (21.1)
Tumor size, cm
Mean±SD 4.1±2.7 4.6±2.4 5.7±2.2 0.421 0.027* 0.108
<5 21 (72.4) 18 (64.3) 6 (31.6) 0.509 0.005* 0.028*
≥5 8 (27.6) 10 (35.7) 13 (68.4)
Differentiation
Well/moderate 5 (17.2) 13 (46.4) 4 (21.1) 0.018* 0.962 0.142
Poor 24 (82.8) 15 (53.6) 15 (78.9)
Lauren’s type
Intestinal 12 (41.4) 15 (53.6) 10 (52.6) 0.357 0.444 0.949
Diffuse/mixed 17 (58.6) 13 (46.4) 9 (47.4)
LVI
Absent 22 (75.9) 21 (75.0) 7 (36.8) 0.940 0.007* 0.009*
Present 7 (24.1) 7 (25.0) 12 (63.2)
PI
Absent 13 (44.8) 9 (32.1) 3 (15.8) 0.325 0.076 0.357
Present 16 (55.2) 19 (67.9) 16 (84.2)
pTumor depth
pT1/2 16 (55.2) 12 (42.9) 2 (10.5) 0.352 0.005* 0.040*
pT3/4 13 (44.8) 16 (57.1) 17 (89.5)
pLNM
Absent 19 (65.5) 14 (50.0) 4 (21.1) 0.236 0.007* 0.090
Present 10 (34.5) 14 (50.0) 15 (78.9)
pTNM
I/II 24 (82.8) 19 (67.9) 3 (15.8) 0.191 <0.001* 0.001*
III/IV 5 (17.2) 9 (32.1) 16 (84.2)

Data are presented as number (%) unless otherwise indicated.

EBV, Epstein-Barr virus; GC, gastric cancer; EBVaGCs, EBV-associated GCs; LELC, lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma; CLR, adenocarcinoma with Crohn’s disease-like lymphocytic reaction; CA, conventional adenocarcinoma; LVI, lymphatic vascular invasion; PI, perineural invasion; LNM, lymph node metastasis.

*Statistically significant, p<0.05; LELC vs CLR; LELC vs CA; §CLR vs CA.