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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2015; 21(27): 8358-8365
Published online Jul 21, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i27.8358
Published online Jul 21, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i27.8358
Table 1 Characteristics of the early gastric cancer and advanced gastric cancer groups n (%)
| Overall | EGC group | AGC group | P value | |
| (n = 413) | (n = 184) | (n = 229) | ||
| Mean age (mean ± SD, yr) | 61.3 ± 11.6 | 62.1 ± 10.2 | 60.8 ± 12.6 | 0.263 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 293 (70.9) | 137 (74.5) | 156 (68.1) | 0.159 |
| Female | 120 (29.1) | 47 (25.5) | 73 (31.9) | |
| Smoking | 229 (55.4) | 110 (59.8) | 109 (47.6) | 0.014 |
| Alcohol | 190 (46.0) | 97 (52.7) | 93 (40.6) | 0.014 |
| H. pylori infection | 258 (62.5) | 105 (57.1) | 153 (66.8) | 0.042 |
| Histology | ||||
| Differentiated | 262 (63.4) | 184 (100) | 78 (34.1) | < 0.001 |
| Undifferentiated | 151 (36.6) | 0 | 151 (65.9) | |
| Follow-up duration (mean ± SD, months) | 37.2 ± 15.9 | 36.9 ± 14.9 | 37.4 ± 16.7 | 0.697 |
- Citation: Kim JW, Jang JY, Chang YW, Kim YH. Clinical features of second primary cancers arising in early gastric cancer patients after endoscopic resection. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(27): 8358-8365
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i27/8358.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i27.8358