Observational Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Gastroenterol. Feb 21, 2015; 21(7): 2159-2168
Published online Feb 21, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i7.2159
Table 2 Clinicopathologic features of the 489 patients with gastric cancers according to mismatch repair status n (%)
Total(n = 489)MMR
P value
Deficient (n = 38)Intact(n = 451)
Age (yr)< 0.0011
mean ± SD61.0 ± 11.868.6 ± 9.260.4 ± 11.7
Gender0.0042
Male327 (66.9)17 (44.7)310 (68.7)
Female162 (33.1)21 (55.3)141 (31.3)
Serum CEA (ng/mL)0.9101
mean ± SD36.3 ± 315.74.4 ± 6.039.0 ± 328.7
Tumor size (mm)0.8311
mean ± SD80.3 ± 45.179.0 ± 38.980.4 ± 45.6
Tumor location0.0212
Fundus and Corpus356 (72.8)21 (55.3)335 (74.3)
Antrum133 (27.2)17 (44.7)116 (25.7)
Histology0.0232
Differentiated type193 (39.5)22 (57.9)171 (37.9)
Undifferentiated type296 (60.5)16 (42.1)280 (62.1)
Lymphatic invasion1.0002
Absent137 (28.0)10 (26.3)127 (28.2)
Present352 (72.0)28 (73.7)324 (71.8)
Venous invasion0.6092
Absent281 (57.5)20 (52.6)261 (57.9)
Present208 (42.5)18 (47.4)190 (42.1)
Primary tumor0.6122
T2, 3241 (49.3)22 (57.9)219 (48.6)
T4248 (50.7)16 (42.1)232 (51.4)
Lymph node involvement0.4382
N0118 (24.1)11 (28.9)107 (23.7)
N1, 2, 3371 (75.9)27 (71.1)344 (76.3)
Distant metastasis0.2022
M0336 (68.7)30 (78.9)306 (67.8)
M1153 (31.3)8 (21.1)145 (32.2)
Stage0.8602
Stage I, II172 (35.2)14 (36.8)158 (35.0)
Stage III, IV317 (64.8)24 (63.2)293 (65.0)
Residual disease0.1612
Negative375 (76.7)33 (86.8)342 (75.8)
Positive114 (23.3)5 (13.2)109 (24.2)