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Table 4 Clinicopathological characteristics of 122 gastric cancer patients with mtMSI

From: H. pylori infection is related to mitochondrial microsatellite instability in gastric carcinogenesis

Characteristic

 

n

mtMSI+

mtMSI-

Age

<40 years

39

9

30

 

>40 years

83

19

64

Sex

Male

88

20

68

 

Female

34

8

18

Size

<5 cm

62

11

51

 

>5 cm

60

17

43

Histological type

Intestinal

72

19*

53

 

Diffuse

50

9

41

Tumor location

Distal

81

21

60

 

Proximal

41

7

34

Invasion

Within the wall

62

18

44

 

Invading serosa

60

10

50

Lymph node spread

Absent

58

17

41

 

Present

64

11

53

TNM stage

    
 

I/II

53

13

40

 

III/IV

69

15

54

  1. *P < 0.05 vs. diffuse-type groups