Endoscopic “calabash” ligation and resection for small gastric mesenchymal tumors

Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics between the two groups

Characteristic		Control group (n = 260)	Study group (n = 260)	P value
Gender	Male/female	95/165	99/161	0.717
Age (years)		53.01 ± 10.37	52.23 ± 11.92	0.428
Tumor location	Gastric fundus/gastric body	143/117	146/114	0.791
Tumor long diameter		6.72 ± 2.22	6.53 ± 2.16	0.320
Tumor growth pattern	Endoluminal/partially exophytic	253/7	253/7	> 0.999
Tumor pathological type	Leiomyoma	161	139	0.062
	Schwannoma	0	1	> 0.999
	Gastrointestinal stromal tumor	99	120	0.076
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor risk stratification	Very low risk	98	120	0.452
	Low risk	1	0
	Intermediate risk	0	0
	High risk	0	0