Table 2 Prognostic factors of all patients with gastric cancer according to Cox proportional hazard analysis

Borrmann type

1.389 (1.264–1.528)

< 0.001

1.138 (1.032–1.255)

0.010

Gender

1.021 (0.895–1.166)

0.755

Age

1.085 (0.961–1.225)

0.189

Tumor size

1.683 (1.485–1.906)

< 0.001

–

–

Tumor location

1.006 (0.943–1.073)

0.857

Histologic type

1.288 (1.123–1.477)

< 0.001

–

–

Curative resection

2.160 (1.849–2.524)

< 0.001

1.240 (1.038–1.482)

0.018

T stages

1.573 (1.463–1.690)

< 0.001

N stages

1.429 (1.362–1.498)

< 0.001

M stages

2.214 (1.900–2.580)

< 0.001

TNM stages

1.938 (1.773–2.118)

< 0.001

1.721 (1.555–1.904)

< 0.001

Lymphovascular invasion

1.418 (1.225–1.640)

< 0.001

–

–

Nerve invasion

1.149 (0.972–1.357)

0.104

Postoperative chemotherapy

0.615 (0.540–0.699)

< 0.001

0.685 (0.602–0.780)

< 0.001