Research Article
Analysis of Predictors for Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Superficial Esophageal Carcinoma
Table 3
Relationship between clinicopathologic factors and depth of invasion.
| Variable | Total | m | sm | sm (%) | |
| Differentiation | Good | 33 | 26 | 7 | 21 | <0.001 | Moderate | 42 | 11 | 31 | 74 | Low | 18 | 0 | 18 | 100 |
| Tumor size | ≤10 mm | 26 | 14 | 12 | 50 | 0.03 | 11–20 mm | 35 | 13 | 22 | 60 | 21–30 mm | 20 | 7 | 13 | 70 | ≥31 mm | 9 | 0 | 9 | 100 |
| Macroscopic type | 0-I + 0-III | 52 | 10 | 42 | 80 | <0.001 | 0-II | 41 | 27 | 14 | 30 |
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