Research Article

Renal Dysfunction is a Risk Factor of Death after Gastric Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection in Elderly Patients Aged ≥80 Years

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of the lesions in the elderly and nonelderly groups.

Elderly group (n = 128)Nonelderly group (n = 504) value

Macroscopic type, n (%)
 Elevated58 (45.3)223 (44.2)n.s.
 Flat/depressed41 (32.0)202 (40.1)n.s.
 Mixed29 (22.7)79 (15.7)n.s.
Location, n (%)
 Upper16 (12.5)87 (17.3)n.s.
 Middle35 (27.3)143 (28.4)n.s.
 Lower77 (60.2)274 (54.3)n.s.
Histological type, n (%)
 Differentiated125 (97.7)489 (97.0)n.s.
 Undifferentiated3 (2.3)15 (3.0)n.s.
Tumor depth, n (%)
 Intramucosa114 (89.0)456 (90.5)n.s.
 SM17 (5.5)26 (5.2)n.s.
 SM27 (5.5)22 (4.3)n.s.
 Tumor size (mean ± SD), mm16.5 ± 10.416.5 ± 11.8n.s.
 Venous invasion, n (%)6 (4.7)5 (1.0)<0.05
 Lymphatic vessel invasion, n (%)5 (3.9)17 (3.4)n.s.

SD, standard deviation; SM1: depth of submucosal invasion <500 μm; SM2: depth of submucosal invasion ≥500 μm. Chi-square t-test; Fisher’s exact test; Unpaired t-test.