Gastric xanthoma is a predictive marker for metachronous and synchronous gastric cancer

Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of the two groups n (%)

	Group A (n = 109)	Group B (n = 83)	P value
Age, median [IQR], yr	66 [61-74]	72 [63-78]	0.0009
Male	92 (84.4)	72 (86.7)	0.7
Diabetes mellitus	24 (22.0)	12 (14.5)	0.2
Complicated other malignant disease	27 (24.8)	22 (26.5)	0.9
Helicobacter pylori status			0.4
Positive	82	57
Post eradicated	23	26
Negative	4	0
Tumor location			0.9
Upper	10	11
Middle	57	39
Lower	42	33
Tumor size, median [IQR], mm	15 [10-20]	15 [12-22]	0.3
Macroscopic type			0.5
0-I	9	3
0-IIa	67	52
0-IIb	26	25
0-IIc	7	3
Differentiated type	109 (100)	81 (97.6)	0.2
Tumor depth			0.1
M	97	80
SM	12	3

IQR: Interquartile range; M: Mucosal; SM: Submucosal.