Clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic analysis of Lauren classification in gastric adenocarcinoma in China

Table 2 Clinicopathologic features and Lauren classification

Characteristics	Total number	Lauren classification		P value
		Diffuse type	Intestinal type
Age				<0.001
≤59	392	246	146
>59	356	150	206
Sex				<0.001
Female	298	211	87
Male	450	181	269
Time period				0.041
1996.1–2000.12	118	72	46
2001.1–2006.12	630	320	310
Location of tumor				<0.001
Proximal	326	129	197
distal	422	263	159
Size				0.268
≤5 cm	453	230	223
>5 cm	295	162	133
The 7^th T stage (AJCC)				<0.001
T1	61	24	37
T2	79	55	24
T3	532	260	272
T4	76	57	19
The 7^th N stage (AJCC)				<0.001
N0	259	112	147
N1	116	52	64
N2	161	92	69
N3	212	140	72
The 7^th TNM stage (AJCC)				0.027
I	113	47	66
II	280	146	134
III	355	199	156
Histology subtype				<0.001
Well + Moderate	281	0	281
Poor + signet ring cell	467	392	75

Abbreviations: AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; TNM, Tumor-Node-Metastasis; The analysis only includes 748 patients, and excludes 57 mixed diffuse-intestinal types.

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