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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics for gastric cancer by ethnicity

From: The prognostic effect of ethnicity for gastric and esophageal cancer: the population-based experience in British Columbia, Canada

  

Iranian

Chinese

South Asian

Other

p

Sex (N = 3136)

Male

15 (78.9%)

168 (62.2%)

57 (58.8%)

1974 (71.8%)

p < 0.001

 

Female

4 (21.1%)

102 (37.8%)

40 (41.2%)

776 (28.2%)

 

Age in years (N = 3136)

Less than 55

7 (36.8%)

86 (31.9%)

26 (26.8%)

515 (18.7%)

p < 0.001

 

55-64

3 (15.8%)

49 (18.1%)

20 (20.6%)

652 (23.7%)

 
 

65-74

7 (36.8%)

65 (24.1%)

35 (36.1%)

884 (32.1%)

 
 

75 and More

2 (10.5%)

70 (25.9%)

16 (16.5%)

699 (25.4%)

 

Years of Diagnosis (N = 3136)

1984-1990

0 (0.0%)

32 (11.9%)

11 (11.3%)

643 (23.4%)

p < 0.001

 

1991-1995

7 (36.8%)

54 (20.0%)

16 (16.5%)

481 (17.5%)

 
 

1996-2000

4 (21.1%)

63 (23.3%)

27 (27.8%)

626 (22.8%)

 
 

2001-2006

8 (42.1%)

121 (44.8%)

43 (44.3%)

1000 (36.4%)

 

Tumor Histology - Lauren classification (N = 3136)

Intestinal

14 (73.7%)

205 (75.9%)

74 (76.3%)

2188 (79.6%)

0.032

 

Diffuse

3 (15.8%)

55 (20.4%)

13 (13.4%)

382 (13.9%)

 
 

Other

2 (10.5%)

10 (3.7%)

10 (10.3%)

180 (6.5%)

 

Tumor Location (N = 3136)

Proximal 1/3

6 (31.6%)

52 (19.3%)

47 (48.5%)

1302 (47.3%)

p < 0.001

 

Distal 2/3

10 (52.6%)

171 (63.3%)

28 (28.9%)

894 (32.5%)

 
 

NES/NOS*

3 (15.8%)

47 (17.4%)

22 (22.7%)

554 (20.1%)

 

Tumor Stage (N = 2567)

I

1 (5.6%)

14 (6.1%)

3 (3.7%)

108 (4.8%)

0.85

 

II

6 (33.3%)

65 (28.5%)

29 (35.8%)

702 (31.3%)

 
 

III

6 (33.3%)

96 (42.1%)

29 (35.8%)

829 (37.0%)

 
 

IV

5 (27.8%)

53 (23.2%)

20 (24.7%)

601 (26.8%)

 

Surgery (N = 3080)

Yes

14 (73.7%)

178 (66.7%)

56 (57.7%)

1502 (55.7%)

0.0027

 

No

5 (26.3%)

89 (33.3%)

41 (42.3%)

1195 (44.3%)

 

Chemotherapy (N = 3065)

Yes

10 (52.6%)

116 (43.6%)

44 (45.4%)

906 (33.8%)

p < 0.001

 

No

9 (47.4%)

150 (56.4%)

53 (54.6%)

1777 (66.2%)

 

Radiotherapy (N = 3058)

Yes

6 (31.6%)

99 (37.1%)

43 (44.3%)

1203 (45.0%)

0.061

 

No

13 (68.4%)

168 (62.9%)

54 (55.7%)

1472 (55.0%)

 
  1. * NES not elsewhere specified; NOS not otherwise specified.