Surgery for gastric cancer patients of age 85 and older: Multicenter survey

Table 4 Relationships between lymphadenectomy and clinicopathlogical features

	n = 113	Lymphadenectomy		P value
		Radical	Limited
Comorbidity
Present	75	45	30	0.02
Absent	38	14	24
Hypertension
Present	43	28	15	0.03
Absent	70	31	39
Cardiovascular disease
Present	31	14	17	0.36
Absent	82	45	37
Respiratory disease
Present	11	7	4	0.42
Absent	102	52	50
Cerebrovascular disease
Present	6	1	5	0.07
Absent	107	58	49
Diabetes mellitus
Present	12	7	5	0.65
Absent	101	52	49
Renal dysfunction
Present	3	3	0	0.09
Absent	110	56	54
Number of comorbidities
< 2	93	47	46	0.44
≥ 2	20	12	8
cStage
I-II	87	45	42	0.85
III- IV	26	14	12
Operation
Total	29	14	15	0.62
Other	84	45	39