Table 2 Lymph node count and adequate lymph node ratio
| Â | Lymph node harvest of MSI-H GC | Lymph node harvest of MSS GC | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adequate ratio | Median (quartile) | Adequate ratio | Median (quartile) | Adequate ratio | Median (quartile) | |
All patients | 95.1% | 30(23–38) | 91.9% | 28(21–37) | 0.145 | 0.031 |
Distal gastrectomy | 95.6% | 30(23–38) | 91.2% | 27(20–35) | 0.061 | 0.002 |
Total gastrectomy | 91.7% | 30(25–39) | 94.2% | 30(22–41) | 0.647 | 0.962 |
With NAdj therapy | 95.0% | 36(30–44) | 93.4% | 34(24–44) | 1.000 | 0.395 |
W/out NAdj therapy | 95.2% | 29(23–38) | 91.7% | 27(20–36) | 0.129 | 0.034 |
For Distal gastrectomy only | ||||||
 AJCC Stage | ||||||
  I | 94.6% | 27(21–33) | 88.7% | 24(19–33) | 0.246 | 0.200 |
  II | 98.0% | 34(26–42) | 88.4% | 28(19–36) | 0.052 | 0.005 |
  III | 96.1% | 31(25–38) | 95.1% | 29(23–37) | 1.000 | 0.278 |
  IV | N.A. | N.A. | 94.1% | 28(20–39) | N.A. | N.A. |
 T category | ||||||
  Tis and T1 | 94.6% | 25(19–33) | 89.5% | 26(19–30) | 0.563 | 0.985 |
  T2 | 97.1% | 33(23–42) | 89.2% | 27(20–36) | 0.206 | 0.056 |
  T3 | 96.6% | 35(26–41) | 97.6% | 30(24–37) | 1.000 | 0.071 |
  T4 | 94.9% | 31(24–38) | 92.5% | 28(22–37) | 0.783 | 0.086 |
 N category | ||||||
  N0 | 95.0% | 28(22–36) | 88.0% | 24(19–33) | 0.078 | 0.002 |
  N+ | 96.2% | 31(24–38) | 93.8% | 28(22–37) | 0.607 | 0.083 |
For Total gastrectomy only | ||||||
 AJCC Stage | ||||||
  I | 93.3% | 26(17–30) | 80.0% | 26(20–34) | 0.172 | 0.480 |
  II | 100.0% | 37(27–46) | 97.4% | 30(21–41) | 1.000 | 0365 |
  III | 100.0% | 37(29–39) | 94.8% | 32(24–43) | 0.364 | 0.618 |
  IV | N.A. | N.A. | 86.7% | 29(19–43) | N.A. | N.A. |
 T category | ||||||
  Tis and T1 | 75.0% | 24(16–28) | 94.3% | 28(21–35) | 0.104 | 0.122 |
  T2 | 100.0% | 26(26–40) | 95.9% | 27(20–35) | 1.000 | 0.277 |
  T3 | 100.0% | 39(36–41) | 96.1% | 32(24–43) | 1.000 | 0.273 |
  T4 | 100.0% | 30(27–42) | 93.4% | 32(22–43) | 1.000 | 0.839 |
 N category | ||||||
  N0 | 92.3% | 26(21–42) | 93.4% | 28(20–37) | 0.602 | 0.738 |
  N+ | 90.9% | 32(29–39) | 94.5% | 32(23–43) | 0.472 | 0.995 |