Table 3 Characteristics of gastric cancer patients who had survival evaluated according to age groups
From: Clinical characteristics of distal gastric cancer in young adults from Northeastern Brazil
Characteristics | Age ≤ 45 years (n = 25) | Age > 45ears (n = 57) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Gender | |||||
Male | 13 | 52.0 | 40 | 70.2 | 0.113 |
Female | 12 | 48.0 | 17 | 29.8 | |
Residence | |||||
Metropolitan Region | 20 | 80.0 | 44 | 77.2 | 0.777 |
County | 5 | 20.0 | 13 | 22.8 | |
Chronic tobacco | |||||
Yes | 10 | 40.0 | 36 | 63.2 | 0.004 |
No | 15 | 60.0 | 21 | 36.8 | |
Alcohol consumption | |||||
Yes | 12 | 48.0 | 26 | 45.6 | 0.841 |
No | 13 | 52.0 | 31 | 54.4 | |
History of Gastric Cancer | |||||
Yes | 3 | 12.0 | 7 | 12.3 | 0.971 |
No | 22 | 88.0 | 50 | 87.7 | |
Gastrectomy | |||||
Curative | 12 | 80.0 | 24 | 63.2 | 0.237 |
Paliative | 3 | 20.0 | 14 | 36.8 | |
Lauren type | |||||
Diffuse + Mixed | 21 | 84.0 | 27 | 47.4 | 0.001 |
Intestinal | 4 | 16.0 | 30 | 52.6 | |
TNM | |||||
I + II | 4 | 16.0 | 22 | 38.6 | 0.043 |
III + IV | 21 | 84.0 | 35 | 61.4 | |
Histological type | |||||
Well differentiated | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.003 |
Moderately differentiated | 5 | 20.0 | 33 | 57.9 | |
Poorly differentiated | 19 | 76.0 | 22 | 38.6 | |
Undifferentiated | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |