Factors associated with early recurrence after curative surgery for gastric cancer

Table 3 Univariate analysis of factors predicting early recurrence in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer n (%)

Variable	Early recurrence	Late/no recurrence	Univariate analysis
	n = 125	n = 212	P value
Gender			0.683
Women	41 (32.8)	65 (30.7)
Men	84 (67.2)	147 (69.3)
Age at diagnosis (yr)			0.016
≤ 60	52 (41.6)	117 (55.2)
> 60	73 (58.4)	95 (44.8)
Tumor size (cm)			0.019
≤ 5.0	76 (60.8)	155 (73.1)
> 5.0	49 (392)	57 (26.9)
Lauren histotype			0.016
Intestinal	85 (68.0)	169 (79.7)
Diffuse-mixed	40 (32.0)	43 (20.3)
Lymphovascular invasion			< 0.001
Present	21 (16.8)	9 (4.2)
Absent	104 (83.2)	203 (95.8)
pT stage			< 0.001
pT2, pT3	30 (24.0)	105 (49.5)
pT4a	95 (76.0)	107 (50.5)
pN stage			< 0.001
N0	13 (10.4)	82 (38.7)
N1	25 (20.0)	52 (24.5)
N2	30 (24.0)	46 (21.7)
N3	57 (45.6)	32 (15.1)
Intraoperative chemotherapy			< 0.001
Yes	54 (43.2)	136 (64.2)
No	71 (56.8)	76 (35.8)
Postoperative chemotherapy			0.036
No	42 (33.6)	49 (23.1)
5-FU-based regimen	83 (66.4)	163 (76.9)

P values were evaluated by Pearson’s χ² test.