Table 1 Clinicopathological correlations of tumor location and parameters in patients with gastric cancer

Age at diagnosis

 < 60

45

6

11

16

12

1.709

0.635

 ≥ 60

49

7

10

14

18

Gender

 Male

68

11

13

24

20

3.629

0.304

 Female

26

2

8

6

10

Tumor size (cm)

 < 5

53

10

11

21

11

8.982

0.030

 ≥ 5

41

3

10

9

19

Histologic type

 Adenocarcinoma

85

13

17

29

26

6.046

0.109

 Signet ring cell carcinoma

9

0

4

1

4

Degree of differentiation

 Medium-low/Medium/High

42

4

9

11

18

3.434

0.329

 Low

52

9

12

19

12

Depth of invasion

 T1/T2

16

3

4

7

2

4.396

0.222

 T3/T4

78

10

17

23

28

Lymph node status

 N0/N1/N2

59

11

13

19

16

0.352

0.354

 N3

35

2

8

11

14

Distant metastasis

 M0

90

13

20

28

29

1.037

0.792

 M1

4

0

1

2

1

TNM stage

 Stage I/II

30

8

5

12

5

7.059

0.070

 Stage III/IV

64

5

16

18

15