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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Sep 10, 2015; 7(12): 1070-1077
Published online Sep 10, 2015. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i12.1070
Published online Sep 10, 2015. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i12.1070
Table 1 Characteristics of signet ring cell carcinoma patients and controls
SRC | Control | P value | |
Age, yr, mean ± SD | 53.2 ± 14.2 | 69.1 ± 14.8 | 0.0008 |
Sex, male/female | 7/6 | 10/4 | 0.44 |
Location: upper/middle/lower | 2/7/5 | 4/8/2 | 0.36 |
NBI finding | |||
NBI index (mean ± SD) | 27.9 ± 21.0a | 24.8 ± 14.7 | 0.78 |
H. pylori: positive/negative | 26.1 ± 20.5/29.0 ± 22.4 | 27.8 ± 15.4/19.3 ± 13.2 | 0.95 in SRC and 0.26 in control |
WLI finding (mean ± SD) | |||
WLI index | 5.3 ± 16.2a | - | 0.001a |
H. pylori: positive/negative | 13.5 ± 16.4/0.7 ± 15.1 | - | 0.32 |
C-index (mean ± SD) | 0.67 ± 0.13 | 0.50 ± 0.14 | 0.001 |
- Citation: Watari J, Tomita T, Ikehara H, Taki M, Ogawa T, Yamasaki T, Kondo T, Toyoshima F, Sakurai J, Kono T, Tozawa K, Ohda Y, Oshima T, Fukui H, Hirota S, Miwa H. Diagnosis of small intramucosal signet ring cell carcinoma of the stomach by non-magnifying narrow-band imaging: A pilot study. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2015; 7(12): 1070-1077
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/full/v7/i12/1070.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v7.i12.1070