Clinicopathological Analysis as Predictive Factors for Recurrence in Early Gastric Cancer

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Table 1.

Univariate analysis of factors associated with recurrence in EGC (cases).

Characteristic	Recurrence		Recurrence rate (%)	P value
Characteristic	Positive	Negative	Recurrence rate (%)	P value
Sex				NS
Male	14	164	7.9
Female	5	66	7.0
Age, years				NS
<60	8	135	5.6
≥60	11	95	10.4
Location				NS
Upper	2	18	10.0
Middle	4	28	12.5
Lower	13	184	6.6
Tumor size				NS
≤2 cm	5	106	4.5
> 2 cm	14	124	10.1
Macroscopic type				NS
I	1	7	12.9
II	13	175	6.9
III	5	48	9.4
Histological type				NS
Differentiated	10	138	6.8
Undifferentiated	9	92	8.9
Tumor depth				NS
Mucosa	9	107	7.8
Submucosa	10	123	7.5
Lymph node metastasis				0.005
Negative	12	200	18.9
Positive	7	30	5.7