Research Article

Gastric Carcinoma in Young Patients and Its Clinicopathological Characteristics and Prognosis

Table 5

Univariate and multivariate predictors of overall survival.

VariablesUnivariate OR (95% CI) valueMultivariate OR (95% CI) value

Age
 ≤351
 35-400.728 [0.349; 1.515]0.395
 41-600.663 [0.328; 1.339]0.663
 61-750.839 [0.415; 1.698]0.839

Sex
 Male1
 Female0.993 [0.831; 1.188]0.942

Resection margin
 R011
 R1/R23.860 [3.167; 4.703]<0.0012.167 [1.751; 2.682]<0.001

Tumor location
 U11
 M0.817 [0.624; 1.070]0.1420.778 [0.588; 1.012]0.061
 L0.692 [0.575; 0.832]<0.0010.795 [0.659; 0.959]0.016
 UML3.913 [2.480; 6.173]<0.0011.389 [0.844; 2.286]0.196

Macroscopic type
 EGC1
 Types 1-24.129 [2.848; 5.987]<0.001
 Types 3-46.337 [4.371; 9.186]<0.001

Differentiate degree
 G1 and G21
 G3 and G41.654 [1.278; 2.140]<0.001

Tumor size (cm)
 0-211
 2-52.456 [1.664; 3.626]<0.0011.307 [0.869; 1.965]0.198
 5-84.485 [3.026; 6.648]<0.0011.615 [1.058; 2.463]0.026
 >87.852 [5.090; 12.112]<0.0011.727 [1.067; 2.797]0.026

T stage
 T111
 T21.638 [1.003; 2.675]<0.0481.125 [0.680; 1.863]0.647
 T33.230 [1.659; 6.289]<0.0012.091 [1.059; 4.127]0.034
 T45.884 [4.093; 8.459]<0.0012.572 [1.709; 3.870]<0.001

N stage
 N011
 N12.002 [1.505; 2.664]<0.0011.506 [1.123; 2.020]0.005
 N22.651 [2.032; 3.460]<0.0011.708 [1.289; 2.263]<0.001
 N35.552 [4.405; 6.997]<0.0012.986 [2.314; 3.854]<0.001

DG: distal gastrectomy; TG: total gastrectomy; PG: proximal gastrectomy; U: upper; M: middle; L: lower; EGC: early gastric cancer, OR: odds ratio; 95% CI: confidence interval.