Fear of cancer recurrence and influencing factors in elderly patients with gastric cancer undergoing laparoscopic radical surgery

Table 2 Comparison of clinical information

Variables	Total (n = 264)	Normal group (n = 96)	FCR group (n = 168)	Statistic	P value
Duration of disease				χ² = 5.61	0.018
≥ 1 year	115 (43.56)	51 (53.12)	64 (38.10)
< 1 year	149 (56.44)	45 (46.88)	104 (61.90)
Tumor diameter				χ² = 5.46	0.020
< 5 cm	154 (58.33)	65 (67.71)	89 (52.98)
≥ 5 cm	110 (41.67)	31 (32.29)	79 (47.02)
Clinical staging				χ² = 2.16	0.141
Phase I and II	204 (77.27)	79 (82.29)	125 (74.40)
Phase III and IV	60 (22.73)	17 (17.71)	43 (25.60)
Pathological type				χ² = 0.09	0.770
Other	52 (19.70)	18 (18.75)	34 (20.24)
Adenocarcinoma	212 (80.30)	78 (81.25)	134 (79.76)
Multiple foci				χ² = 2.70	0.101
No	227 (85.98)	87 (90.62)	140 (83.33)
Yes	37 (14.02)	9 (9.38)	28 (16.67)
Lesion site				χ² = 0.05	0.974
Upper part	89 (33.71)	33 (34.38)	56 (33.33)
Middle part	82 (31.06)	30 (31.25)	52 (30.95)
Lower part	93 (35.23)	33 (34.38)	60 (35.71)
H. pylori				χ² = 0.44	0.506
No	68 (25.76)	27 (28.12)	41 (24.40)
Yes	196 (74.24)	69 (71.88)	127 (75.60)
Postoperative complications				χ² = 4.58	0.032
No	216 (81.82)	85 (88.54)	131 (77.98)
Yes	48 (18.18)	11 (11.46)	37 (22.02)

Data are presented as n (%). H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori; FCR: Fear of cancer recurrence.