Brief Article
Copyright ©2011 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2011; 17(9): 1180-1184
Published online Mar 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i9.1180
Table 1 Patient characteristics
Variablesn (%)
Age
≤ 6831 (43.7)
> 6840 (56.3)
Gender
Male53 (74.6)
Female18 (25.4)
Tumor location
Upper 1/37 (9.9)
Middle 1/328 (39.4)
Lower 1/321(29.6)
Tumor size (mean, mm)20-205 (84)
Type of gastrectomy
Proximal3 (4.2)
Distal35 (49.3)
Total33 (46.5)
Lymph node involvement
Positive61 (85.9)
Negative10 (14.1)
Histological type
Differentiated31 (43.7)
Undifferentiated40 (56.3)