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Table 2 Univariate survival analysis of all gastric cancer patients in the whole study series and propensity score-matched pairs

From: Prognostic significance of lymphovascular invasion in pN0 stage gastric cancer: a propensity score matching analysis

Variables

Whole study series

Propensity-score-matched pairs.

5YSR

χ2

p

5YSR

χ2

p

Gender

 

0.827

0.363

 

0.010

0.921

 Male

66.7

  

62.5

  

 Female

68.9

  

58.3

  

Age at surgery(year)

 

1.698

0.193

 

0.002

0.961

 <60

69.7

  

58.8

  

 ≥ 60

64.8

  

57.8

  

Tumor size (cm)

 

7.775

0.005

 

0.003

0.954

 <5

72.5

  

60.1

  

 ≥ 5

61.4

  

20.0

  

Type of gastrectomy

 

4.337

0.114

 

0.066

0.967

 Distal

79.1

  

61.1

  

 Proximal

64.3

  

54.3

  

 Total

62.2

  

58.9

  

Tumor location

 

8.430

0.038

 

4.369

0.224

 Low

69.4

  

53.6

  

 Middle

50.9

  

54.5

  

 Upper

69.0

  

69.3

  

 Diffuse

62.0

  

61.5

  

Lauren’s classification

 

0.072

0. 788

 

0.916

0.339

 Intestinal

66.6

  

65.5

  

 Diffuse

67.4

  

56.9

  

Adjuvant chemotherapy

 

2.700

0.100

 

1.827

0.176

 No

33.6

  

55.9

  

 Yes

42.8

  

65.9

  

 LNs

 

50.318

<0.001

 

18.412

0.001

 1–3

45.4

  

46.9

  

 4–10

57.0

  

51.1

  

 11–15

70.8

  

68.8

  

 16–25

82.4

  

66.7

  

 ≥ 26

87.5 L

  

85.7

  

 LVI

 

19.635

<0.001

 

9.367

0.002

 Absent

70.7

  

68.9

  

 Present

49.0

  

52.6

  

Depth of invasion

 

21.951

<0.001

 

8.328

0.040

 T1

85.3

  

81.3

  

 T2

79.8

  

69.4

  

 T3

74.8

  

65.7

  

 T4

59.1

  

50.4

  
  1. LVI = lymphovascular invasion; LNs = Number of examined lymph nodes