Variables | Left gastric artery lymph node positive (n = 42) | Left gastric artery lymph node negative (n = 137) | P |
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Sex (M/F) | 25/17 | 79/58 | 0.47 |
Age (years, mean ± SD) | 61.5 ± 10.1 | 63.6 ± 15.4 | 0.36 |
Smoking (n) | 12 (28.6%) | 63 (46.0%) | 0.28 |
Alcohol abuse (n) | 13 (31.0%) | 46 (33.6%) | 0.38 |
Hypertension (n) | 9 (21.4%) | 28 (20.4%) | 0.56 |
Diabetes mellitus (n) | 2 (4.8%) | 8 (5.8%) | 0.78 |
Hyperlipidemia (n) | 8 (19.0%) | 15 (10.9%) | 0.57 |
Cancer location (n, %) | |||
 Upper segment | 6 (14.3) | 9 (6.6) | 0.16 |
 Middle segment | 21 (50) | 70 (51.1) | |
 Lower segment | 15 (35.7) | 58 (42.3) | |
Cancer length (cm) | 2.4–9.5 (5.6) | 2.2–8.8 (5.3) | 0.79 |
Infiltration depth (n, %) | |||
 Tis | 2 (4.8) | 6 (4.4) | 0.02 |
 T1 | 12 (28.6) | 48 (35.0) | |
 T2 | 10 (23.8) | 33 (24.1) | |
 T3 | 6 (14.3) | 27 (19.7) | |
 T4 | 12 (28.6) | 23 (16.8) | |
Pathological type | |||
 Squamous cell carcinoma | 39 (92.9%) | 132 (96.4%) | 0.48 |
 Adenocarcinoma | 3 (7.1%) | 5 (3.6%) | |
Tumor differentiated | |||
 Well | 3 (7.1%) | 7 (5.1%) | 0.19 |
 Moderately | 26 (61.9%) | 87 (63.5%) | |
 Low | 13 (31.0%) | 43 (31.4%) | |
Other lymph node metastasis | |||
 Paraesophageal nodes | 15 (35.7%) | 28 (20.4%) | 0.31 |
 Subcarinal nodes | 8 (19.0%) | 8 (5.8%) | |
 Para-cardia | 7 (16.7%) | 10 (7.3%) | |
TNM classification | |||
 0 | 0 | 1 (0.7%) | 0.18 |
 I | 4 (9.5%) | 11 (8.0%) | |
 II | 4 (9.5%) | 71 (51.8%) | |
 III | 26 (61.9%) | 51 (37.2%) | |
 IV | 8 (19.0%) | 3 (2.2%) |