Hyperfibrinogenemia is associated with lymphatic as well as hematogenous metastasis and worse clinical outcome in T2 gastric cancer

Table 1 Preoperative plasma fibrinogen level of the patients with or without metastases.

	number	plasma fibrinogen level (mg/dl)	s.d.
localized disease	456	266.6	62.8
lymph node metastasis	336	320.5	92.7
liver metastasis	28	356.6	94.0
peritoneal metastasis	41	345.0	92.9

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