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Table 5 Comparison of cancerous characteristics between patients correctly and incorrectly diagnosed using MV alone

From: Additive effect of evaluating microsurface and microvascular patterns using magnifying endoscopy with narrow-band imaging in gastric cancer: a post-hoc analysis of a single-center observational study

 

Correctly diagnosed by MV alone (n = 67)

Incorrectly diagnosed by MV alone (requiring MS) (n = 7)

P value

Location

   

 Upper third

7 (10.5)

2 (28.6)

0.4759

 Middle third

40 (59.7)

3 (42.9)

 

 Lower third

16 (23.9)

2 (28.6)

 

 Gastric tube

4 (6.0)

0

 

Macroscopic type

   

 Elevated

11 (16.4)

1 (14.3)

0.7951

 Flat

5 (7.5)

0

 

 Depressed

48 (71.6)

6 (85.7)

 

 Complex

3 (4.5)

0

 

Tumor diameter

   

 ≥ 15 mm

33 (49.3)

1 (14.3)

0.1158

 < 15 mm

34 (50.7)

6 (85.7)

 

Depth

   

 Intramucosal

57 (85.1)

6 (85.7)

> 0.9999

 Submucosal invasion

10 (14.9)

1 (14.3)

 

Ulcerative findings

   

 Present

3 (4.5)

2 (28.6)

0.0674

 Absent

64 (95.5)

5 (71.4)

 

Histological type

   

 Differentiated

50 (74.6)

6 (85.7)

> 0.9999

 Undifferentiated

17 (25.4)

1 (14.3)

 

History of Helicobacter pylori infection

   

 Infected

  

0.2389

 Non-eradicated

15 (22.4)

0

 

 Eradicated

47 (70.2)

7 (100)

 

 Uninfected

5 (7.5)

0

 
  1. Data are presented as numbers (%)
  2. MS, microsurface pattern; MV, microvascular pattern