Table 3 Relationship between differentiation, depth of invasion and lymphovascular invasion with macroscopic type, size and histology
From: A nomogram for predicting the likelihood of lymph node metastasis in early gastric patients
Clinicopathologic-al features | Differentiation | p | Lymphovascular invasion | p | Depth of invasion | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Differentiated (%) | Undifferentiated (%) | Absent (%) | Present (%) | Mucosa (%) | Submucosa (%) | ||||
Macroscopic type | Â | Â | 0.001 | Â | Â | <0.001 | Â | Â | <0.001 |
I/II | 189 (47.7) | 207 (52.3) | Â | 372 (93.9) | 24 (6.1) | Â | 266 (67.2) | 130 (32.8) | Â |
III/Mixed | 66 (32.8) | 135 (67.2) | Â | 165 (82.1) | 36 (17.9) | Â | 69 (34.3) | 132 (65.7) | Â |
Size (cm) | Â | Â | <0.001 | Â | Â | <0.001 | Â | Â | <0.001 |
<2.0 | 149 (51.0) | 143 (49.0) | Â | 278 (95.2) | 14 (4.8) | Â | 191 (65.4) | 101 (34.6) | Â |
≥2.0 | 106 (34.8) | 199 (65.2) |  | 259 (84.9) | 46 (15.1) |  | 144 (47.2) | 161 (52.8) |  |
Histology | Â | Â | <0.001 | Â | Â | 0.255 | Â | Â | 0.724 |
Adenocarcinoma | 241 (55.4) | 194 (44.6) | Â | 395 (90.8) | 40 (9.2) | Â | 246 (56.6) | 189 (43.4) | Â |
Other typesa | 14 (8.6) | 148 (91.4) | Â | 142 (87.7) | 20 (45.4) | Â | 89 (54.9) | 73 (45.1) | Â |