Table 1 Characteristics of patient population
From: Clinical characteristics of young-age onset gastric cancer in Korea
No. (%) | |
|---|---|
No. of patients | 163 |
Sex | |
Male : Female | 80 (49.1) : 83 (50.9) |
Age (years) | median 35 (range 22 ~ 39) |
22 ~ 30 | 29 (17.8) |
31 ~ 35 | 53 (31.5) |
36 ~ 39 | 81 (49.7) |
Smoking | |
Never smoker | 111 (68.1) |
Ex-smoker | 7 (4.3) |
Current smoker | 45 (27.6) |
Body mass index | median 21.89 (range 15.25 ~ 29.76) |
< 18.5 | 16 (9.8) |
≥ 23.0 | 56 (34.4) |
Blood type | |
A/B/O/AB | 79 (48.5)/27 (16.6)/36 (22.1)/21 (12.8) |
Familial history (including second degree) | |
Gastric cancer | 19 (11.7) |
Others | 22 (8.4) |
None | 118 (72.4) |
unknown | 4 (7.5) |
Location | |
Antrum | 39 (23.9) |
Body | 108 (66.3) |
Upper body & Cardia | 7 (4.3) |
Diffuse | 1 (0.6) |
Not assessed | 8 (4.9) |
*Early gastric cancer | 77 (47.2) |
**Advanced gastric cancer | 86 (52.8) |
Initial tumor stage (AJCC 7th edition) | |
I | 80 (49.1) |
II | 26 (16) |
III | 24 (14.7) |
IV | 33 (20.2) |
***CEA level | assessed = 133 patients |
≤ 3 ng/mL | 121 (91) |
> 3 ng/mL | 12 (9) median 4.935 (range 3.62-477.5) |
H.pylori | assessed = 57 patients |
positive | 37 (65) |
negative | 20 (35) |