Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 14, 2014; 20(30): 10486-10494
Published online Aug 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i30.10486
Table 4 Clinical data of patients of different ages and genders n (%)
Gastric cancer in youthGastric cancer in the elderlyP valueMaleFemaleP value
(n = 580)(n = 1799)(n = 1868)(n = 511)
Histological type< 0.001< 0.001
Well-differentiated type22 (3.8)399 (22.2)298 (16.0)123 (24.0)
Moderately differentiated type433 (74.7)1202 (66.8)1289 (69.0)346 (67.7)
Poorly/undifferentiated type125 (21.6)198 (11.0)281 (15.0)42 (8.2)
Pathological type< 0.0010.050
Adenocarcinoma520 (89.7)1717 (95.4)1747 (93.5)490 (95.9)
Squamous cell carcinoma29 (5.0)25 (1.4)42 (2.2)12 (2.3)
Signet-ring cell carcinoma17 (2.9)6 (0.3)19 (1.0)4 (0.79)
Other14 (2.4)51 (2.8)60 (3.2)5 (0.98)
Her-2 Expression< 0.001< 0.001
Positive95 (16.4)71 (3.9)68 (3.6)98 (19.2)
Negative485 (83.6)1728 (96.1)1800 (96.4)413 (80.8)
Early stage10.6810.026
0 (0.0)4 (0.2)4 (0.2)0 (0.0)
Type IIa0 (0.0)4 (0.2)3 (0.2)1 (0.2)
Type IIb0 (0.0)9 (0.5)7 (0.4)2 (0.4)
Type IIc1 (0.2)5 (0.3)4 (0.2)2 (0.4)
Type III2 (0.3)10 (0.6)5 (0.3)7 (1.3)
Advanced stage2< 0.001< 0.001
Type I44 (7.6)356 (19.8)255 (13.7)145 (28.4)
Type II60 (10.3)511 (28.4)484 (25.9)87 (17.0)
Type III317 (23.6)578 (32.1)679 (36.3)216 (42.3)
Type IV156 (26.9)322 (17.9)427 (22.9)51 (10.0)
H. pylori infection< 0.0010.816
Positive390 (67.2)577 (32.1)757 (40.5)210 (41.1)
Negative190 (32.8)1222 (67.9)1111 (59.5)301 (59.0)
Lauren classification< 0.001
Intestinal124 (21.4)1448 (80.5)--
Nonintestinal456 (78.6)351 (19.5)--