Research Article

A Nomogram Based on Clinicopathologic Features and Preoperative Hematology Parameters to Predict Occult Peritoneal Metastasis of Gastric Cancer: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Table 1

Demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of patients.

VariousTraining groupValidation group
OPM (+)OPM (-) valueOPM (+)OPM (-) value

Gender, no. (%)0.5550.135
 Female21 (28.8)146 (32.2)9 (56.3)48 (36.9)
 Male52 (71.2)307 (67.8)7 (43.8)82 (63.1)
Age, no. (%)0.9000.512
 <6036 (49.3)227 (50.1)7 (43.8)61 (46.9)
 ≥6037 (50.7)226 (49.9)9 (56.3)69 (53.1)
Location, no. (%)0.2090.430
 Lower third36 (49.3)259 (57.2)11 (68.8)74 (56.9)
 Upper/middle third37 (50.7)194 (42.8)5 (31.3)56 (43.1)
Size, no. (%)<0.0010.003
 <5 cm20 (27.4)311 (68.7)5 (31.3)93 (71.5)
 ≥5 cm53 (72.6)142 (31.3)11 (68.8)37 (28.5)
Pathological type, no. (%)0.9710.622
 Adenocarcinoma62 (84.9)384 (84.8)14 (87.5)120 (92.3)
 Nonadenocarcinoma11 (15.1)69 (15.2)2 (12.5)10 (7.7)
Differentiated degree, no. (%)<0.0010.102
 High/middle9 (12.3)203 (44.8)5 (31.3)67 (51.5)
 Poorly64 (87.7)250 (55.2)11 (68.8)63 (48.5)
Depth of invasion, no. (%)<0.001<0.001
 Nonserosal invasion13 (17.8)305 (67.3)3 (18.8)85 (65.4)
 Serosal invasion60 (82.2)148 (32.7)13 (81.3)45 (34.6)

OPM (+): with occult peritoneal metastasis. OPM (-): without occult peritoneal metastasis. Gastric signet ring cell carcinoma or mucinous adenocarcinoma was defined as nonadenocarcinoma. cT4 was defined as serosal invasion, and cT1, cT2, and cT3 were defined as nonserosal invasion.