Inflammation-related indicators to distinguish between gastric stromal tumors and leiomyomas: A retrospective study

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients in gastrointestinal stromal tumors group and gastric leiomyoma group

Characteristics	GIST group (n = 88), (%)		Gastric leiomyoma group (n = 56), (%)		P value
Gender (male/female)	47/41	53.4/46.6	18/38	32.1/67.9	0.012a
Age (median)	61.1		50.1		0.00a
ECOG					0.31
0	86	97.7	52	92.8
1	1	1.1	3	5.3
2	1	1.1	1	1.7
Tumor location					0.00a
Cardia	3	3.4	25	44.6
Fundus	46	52.2	20	35.7
Body	27	30.7	8	14.3
Antrum	12	13.6	3	5.3
Diameter					0.122
≤ 2 cm	11	12.5	14	25
2-5 cm	54	61.4	32	57.1
≥ 5 cm	23	26.1	10	17.9

^aP < 0.05.

GIST: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.