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Table 3 Univariate and multivariate analysis for lymph node count in patients undergoing distal gastrectomy

From: A greater lymph node yield is required during pathological examination in microsatellite instability-high gastric cancer

Factors Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
B value p value B value (95% CI) p value
Sex (M/F) 1.278 0.072 N.A. N.A.
Age [y] (≤65/> 65) − 1.225 0.080 N.A. N.A.
Neoadjuvant therapy (N/Y) 4.444 < 0.001 3.562 (1.178,5.947) 0.003
Tumor size [cm] (≤3/> 3) 3.381 < 0.001 1.947 (0.353,3.540) 0.017
T stage (T≤2/T3–4) 2.863 < 0.001 −1.419 (−3.722,0.884) 0.227
Lymphovascular emboli (N/Y) 1.231 0.084 N.A. N.A.
Perineural invasion (N/Y) 2.377 0.001 0.871 (−0.830,2.572) 0.316
Tumor deposit (N/Y) 1.959 0.182 N.A. N.A.
pN stage (N0/N+) 3.474 < 0.001 1.528 (− 0.460,3.516) 0.132
M stage (M0/M1) 0.123 0.950 N.A. N.A.
AJCC stage (I/II-IV) 3.854 < 0.001 2.073 (−0.755,4.900) 0.151
Extent of lymphadenectomy (D1+/D2) 3.248 < 0.001 0.037 (−1.995,2.068) 0.972
Microsatellite status (MSS/MSI-H) 2.720 0.005 2.468 (0.563,4.374) 0.011
  1. CI confidence interval
  2. N.A. not applicable
  3. MSI-H microsatellite instability-high
  4. MSS microsatellite stability
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