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

Table 9 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	< 0.001	2.555	1.515	4.309
Diagnosis of depth	Accurate diagnosis	Reference
	Misdiagnosis	< 0.001	4.641	3.049	7.064
Diagnosis of ulcerative findings	Accurate diagnosis	Reference
	Misdiagnosis	0.008	3.065	1.346	6.979
Diagnosis of main histology	Accurate diagnosis	Reference
	Misdiagnosis	< 0.001	11.220	7.030	17.908
Over-estimated
Diagnosis of tumor diameter	Accurate diagnosis	Reference
	Misdiagnosis	0.039	2.339	1.044	5.242
Diagnosis of depth	Accurate diagnosis	Reference
	Misdiagnosis	0.372	1.414	0.660	3.030
Diagnosis of ulcerative findings	Accurate diagnosis	Reference
	Misdiagnosis	< 0.001	6.805	2.612	17.729
Diagnosis of main histology	Accurate diagnosis	Reference
	Misdiagnosis	< 0.001	7.691	3.774	15.797