Discrepancies between preoperative assessment and final pathological criteria in early gastric cancer

Table 10 Multivariate analysis of pathological discrepancies among three preoperative assessment groups

Variable		P value	Exp(B)	95% confidence interval
				Lower	Upper
Under-estimated
Diagnosis of tumor diameter	Accurate diagnosis	Reference
	Misdiagnosis	0.838	1.092	0.469	2.544
Diagnosis of depth	Accurate diagnosis	Reference
	Misdiagnosis	0.003	3.281	1.504	7.156
Diagnosis of ulcerative findings	Accurate diagnosis	Reference
	Misdiagnosis	0.135	0.450	0.158	1.282
Diagnosis of main histology	Accurate diagnosis	Reference
	Misdiagnosis	0.307	1.459	0.707	3.010

The variable reference category is the over-estimated. Underestimated and overestimated groups represented cases requiring therapeutic escalation or de-escalation, respectively.