The efficacy of full-thickness endoscopic resection of subepithelial tumors in the gastric cardia

Table 3 The association of the clinicopathological characteristics of subepithelial tumors in gastric cardia treated by endoscopic full-thickness resection over the median procedure time

	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	OR (95%CI)	P value	OR (95%CI)	P value
Age (yr)		0.37
< 50	1 (reference)
≥ 50	1.88 (0.48-7.46)
Sex		0.41
Male	1 (reference)
Female	1.76 (0.46-6.68)
Size (cm)		0.01
< 2.0	1 (reference)		1 (reference)	0.02
≥ 2.0	6.58 (1.60-27.09)		3.75 (1.21-11.58)
Extraluminal growth		0.048		0.04
No	1 (reference)		1 (reference)
Yes	7.83 (1.02-60.03)		7.64 (1.15-50.83)
Histopathology		0.42
Others	1 (reference)
Leiomyoma	1.85 (0.42-8.17)
Metallic clips with endoloop		0.05
No	1 (reference)
Yes	3.68 (0.98-13.91)
Operator level		0.19
Trainees	1 (reference)
Experts	0.31 (0.05-1.76)

OR: Odds ratio; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval.