Gastroesophageal signet ring cell carcinoma morbidity and mortality: A retrospective review

Table 1 Patient demographics and comorbidities

Variables	Operative group (N = 63)	Nonoperative group (N = 68)	P value
Demographics
Age	63.3	66.7
Age > 50 yr, n (%)	57 (90.5)	53 (78.0)
Male sex, n (%)	37 (58.7)	42 (61.8)
Ethnicity
European	33	44
Asian	15	4	0.013
Pacific Peoples	6	8
Māori	7	10
MELAA	0	2	0.004
Unknown	2	0
Tumour location
Oesophageal	9	19
Gastro-oesophageal	10	6
Gastric	44	43
Pathological stage
I	18	11
II	10	6
III	30	5
IV	5	46	< 0.001
Current smoker	9	11
Charlson Comorbidity Index	6.5 ± 2.1	7.7 ± 2.5	0.0073