Research Article

Anatomic Subsites and Prognosis of Gastric Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma: A SEER Population-Based 1 : 1 Propensity-Matched Study

Table 4

Patients’ baseline characteristics after PSM.

CharacteristicPGCOGC valueDGCOGC value
220220310310

Age (%)18-4940 (18.2)48 (21.8)0.51472 (23.2)68 (21.9)0.812
50-5959 (26.8)60 (27.3)74 (23.9)81 (26.1)
60-6957 (25.9)60 (27.3)70 (22.6)73 (23.5)
70-7949 (22.3)35 (15.9)66 (21.3)56 (18.1)
≥8015 (6.8)17 (7.7)28 (9.0)32 (10.3)
Race (%)White167 (75.9)164 (74.5)0.886223 (71.9)222 (71.6)0.957
Black20 (9.1)25 (11.4)42 (13.5)41 (13.2)
API32 (14.5)30 (13.6)42 (13.5)45 (14.5)
AI1 (0.5)1 (0.5)3 (1.0)2 (0.6)
Gender (%)Male129 (58.6)137 (62.3)0.495146 (47.1)155 (50.0)0.52
Female91 (41.4)83 (37.7)164 (52.9)155 (50.0)
Marital status (%)Divorced32 (14.5)28 (12.7)0.85833 (10.6)31 (10.0)0.827
Married131 (59.5)128 (58.2)194 (62.6)192 (61.9)
Widowed19 (8.6)20 (9.1)30 (9.7)37 (11.9)
Single38 (17.3)44 (20.0)53 (17.1)50 (16.1)
Grade (%)I000.9660 (0.0)1 (0.3)0.646
II3 (1.4)3 (1.4)5 (1.6)7 (2.3)
III210 (95.5)209 (95.0)299 (96.5)294 (94.8)
IV7 (3.2)8 (3.6)6 (1.9)8 (2.6)
TNM stage (%)I29 (13.2)34 (15.5)0.71847 (15.2)44 (14.2)0.907
II35 (15.9)29 (13.2)39 (12.6)44 (14.2)
III76 (34.5)71 (32.3)115 (37.1)110 (35.5)
IV80 (36.4)86 (39.1)109 (35.2)112 (36.1)
Tumor size (%)≤2 cm31 (14.1)23 (10.5)0.43926 (8.4)29 (9.4)0.937
≤5 cm35 (15.9)41 (18.6)51 (16.5)53 (17.1)
>5 cm70 (31.8)62 (28.2)103 (33.2)105 (33.9)
Unknown84 (38.2)94 (42.7)130 (41.9)123 (39.7)
Regional nodes examined (%)≤16160 (72.7)162 (73.6)0.914196 (63.2)206 (66.5)0.449
>1660 (27.3)58 (26.4)114 (36.8)104 (33.5)
Bone metastasis (%)Yes13 (5.9)16 (7.3)0.7017 (2.3)7 (2.3)1
No207 (94.1)204 (92.7)303 (97.7)303 (97.7)
Liver metastasis (%)Yes8 (3.6)13 (5.9)0.37117 (5.5)9 (2.9)0.161
No212 (96.4)207 (94.1)293 (94.5)301 (97.1)
Lung metastasis (%)Yes8 (3.6)9 (4.1)110 (3.2)9 (2.9)1
No212 (96.4)211 (95.9)300 (96.8)301 (97.1)
Surgery (%)No101 (45.9)105 (47.7)0.774123 (39.7)129 (41.6)0.683
Yes119 (54.1)115 (52.3)187 (60.3)181 (58.4)
Radiation (%)No/unknown160 (72.7)165 (75.0)0.664245 (79.0)251 (81.0)0.616
Yes60 (27.3)55 (25.0)65 (21.0)59 (19.0)
Chemotherapy (%)No/unknown61 (27.7)63 (28.6)0.916108 (34.8)102 (32.9)0.671
Yes159 (72.3)157 (71.4)202 (65.2)208 (67.1)