Research Article

Evaluation of Endoscopic Ultrasound Image Quality Is Necessary in Endosonographic Assessment of Early Gastric Cancer Invasion Depth

Table 3

Univariate analysis of clinicopathologic factors for diagnostic accuracy of EUS.

Characteristics 𝑁 (%) of correct diagnosis 𝑃 value

LocationUpper, middle, lower6/14 (42.9), 25/32 (78.1),
28/29 (96.6)
0.0019
Tumor sizeCorrect/incorrect (mm)16.2 ± 10.0 (62)/24.0 ± 15.7 (13)0.0257
Gross morphologic typeDepressed/elevated32/38 (84.2)/30/37 (81.1)0.7204
Concomitant ulcerationPresent/absent13/17 (76.5)/49/58 (84.5)0.4428
Histologic typeIntestinal/diffuse57/68 (83.8)/5/7 (71.4) 0.4094
Quality of EUS imagesLow (0,1)/high (2,3)5/14 (35.7)/57/61 (93.4)<0.0001