Prognostic significance of Borrmann type combined with vessel invasion status in advanced gastric cancer

Table 1 Correlation analysis of clinicopathological characteristics and lymphatic and/or blood vessel invasion (LBVI) in advanced gastric cancer

Variable	LVBI		χ2	P value
	Presence	Absence
Gender			0.011	0.916
Male	330 (74.7)	1609 (74.5)
Female	112 (25.3)	553 (25.5)
Age (yr)			2.200	0.138
< 60	233 (52.7)	1056 (48.8)
≥ 60	209 (47.3)	1106 (51.2)
Borrmann type			17.294	0.001
I	17 (3.8)	106 (4.9)
II	95 (21.5)	369 (17.1)
III	250 (56.6)	1413 (65.4)
IV	80 (18.1)	274 (12.7)
Tumor location			33.630	< 0.001
Upper third	28 (6.3)	273 (12.6)
Middle third	62 (14.0)	339 (15.7)
Lower third	220 (49.8)	1135 (52.5)
Whole stomach	132 (29.9)	415 (19.2)
Tumor size (mm)			16.077	< 0.001
< 50	118 (26.7)	793 (36.7)
≥ 50	324 (73.3)	1369 (63.3)
Histologic grade			15.084	< 0.001
Well	129 (29.2)	843 (39.0)
Poor	313 (70.8)	1319 (61.0)
pT category			213.269	< 0.001
T2	29 (6.6)	294 (13.6)
T3	212 (48.0)	358 (16.6)
T4a	171 (38.7)	1269 (58.7)
T4b	30 (6.8)	241 (11.1)
pN category			96.976	< 0.001
N0	44 (10.0)	522 (24.1)
N1	57 (12.9)	409 (18.9)
N2	95 (21.5)	529 (24.5)
N3	246 (55.7)	702 (32.5)
Surgical approach			37.183	< 0.001
Proximal gastrectomy	23 (5.2)	211 (9.8)
Distal gastrectomy	235 (53.2)	1351 (62.5)
Total gastrectomy	184 (41.6)	600 (27.8)
Combined resection			1.251	0.263
Presence	19 (4.3)	70 (3.2)
Absence	423 (95.7)	2092 (96.8)