Endoscopic Screening for Missed Lesions of Synchronous Multiple Early Gastric Cancer during Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
Table 1
Predictive factors of SMEGC compared with solitary EGC.
SMEGC ()
Single EGC ()
Univariate value
Age, years
<60
6 (15.8%)
83 (35.5%)
0.02
≥60
31 (83.8%)
151 (64.5%)
Gender
Male
28 (75.7%)
152 (65.0%)
0.2
Female
9 (24.3%)
82 (35.10)
Family history of gastric cancer
No
34 (92.1%)
212 (90.6%)
0.801
Yes
3 (7.9%)
22 (9.4%)
Drinking habits
Non-drinker
26 (70.3%)
168 (71.8%)
0.847
Occasional-drinker
7 (18.9%)
36 (15.4%)
Daily-drinker
4 (10.8%)
30 (12.8%)
Smoking habit
Nonsmokers
19 (51.4%)
154 (65.8%)
0.190
Light smokers
5 (13.5%)
19 (8.1%)
Heavy smokers
13 (35.1%)
61 (26.1%)
Severe atrophic gastritis
No
19 (51.4%)
163 (69.7%)
0.028
Yes
18 (48.6%)
71 (30.3%)
H. pylori infection
No
29 (78.4%)
173 (73.9%)
0.564
Yes
8 (21.6%)
61 (26.1%)
Histology
Differentiated type
35 (94.6%)
218 (93.2%)
0.745
Undifferentiated type
2 (5.4%)
16 (6.8%)
Invasion depth
M
36 (94.6%)
223 (95.3%)
0.975
SM1
1 (2.7%)
5 (2.1%)
SM2
1 (2.7%)
6 (2.6%)
LV invasion
0.438
Negative
36 (97.3%)
231 (98.7%)
Positive
1 (2.7%)
3 (1.3%)
M, confined to mucosa; SM1, depth of invasion from the muscularis mucosa <500 μm; SM2, depth of invasion from the muscularis mucosa ≥500 μm; LV, lymphovascular.
