Gastric cancer in women: A regional health-center seven year retrospective study

Figure 1 Gastric cancer at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport: Influence of ethnicity and gender. A: The average individual number of patients (per group) treated annually for gastric cancer is highest in AAs. There were significantly more AAFs than WFs (^bP < 0.01), and AAMs had more annual gastric cancer diagnoses than WMs (^aP < 0.05). The number of WMs was not significantly different from that of WFs; and the number of AAMs was not significantly different from that of AAFs; B: National trends in gastric cancer - Influence of ethnicity and gender. AAMs had more annual gastric cancer diagnoses than AAFs (^dP < 0.001) and WMs (^dP < 0.001). AAFs had more annual gastric cancer diagnoses than WFs (^dP < 0.001). WMs had more annual gastric cancer diagnoses than WFs (^dP < 0.001). WMs: Non-Hispanic white males; WFs: Non-Hispanic white females; AAMs: African American males; AAFs: African American females; NS: Not significant.

Figure 2 Annual gastric cancer patients’ clinic visits per person. AAMs had a higher annual average of clinic visits than WMs (^aP < 0.05). The number of AAMs was not significantly different from that of AAFs, and the number of WFs was not significantly different from that of WMs. WMs: Non-Hispanic white males; AAMs: African American males; AAFs: African American females; NS: Not significant.

Figure 3 Annual gastric cancer inpatient visits per patient visits. AAMs had more annual inpatient visits than WMs (^dP < 0.001). AAFs had more annual inpatient visits than WFs (^bP < 0.01). The number of AAM visits was not significantly different from the number of AAF visits; and the number of WF visits was not significantly different from the number of WM visits. WFs: Non-Hispanic white females; AAMs: African American males; AAFs: African American females.

Figure 4 Gastric cancer patients younger than 50 years of age. AAFs had more gastric cancer diagnoses than AAMs (^dP < 0.001), WFs (^dP < 0.001) and WMs (^dP < 0.001). AAMs: African American males; AAFs: African American females; GC: Gastric cancer.

Figure 5 Annual Helicobacter pylori infection diagnoses. AAFs had more annual H. pylori infection diagnoses than either AAMs (^aP < 0.05) or WFs (^aP < 0.05). AAMs had more annual H. pylori diagnoses than WMs (^aP < 0.05). WFs had more annual H. pylori diagnoses than WMs (^aP < 0.05). Helicobacter pylori: H. pylori.