Retrospective Cohort Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2025.
World J Gastrointest Oncol. May 15, 2025; 17(5): 106244
Published online May 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i5.106244
Table 1 Patients and tumors’ clinical and pathological characteristics before and after propensity score matching, n (%)
VariableAll patients
P valueMatched patients
P value
GA (n = 2151)
GSRCC (n = 886)
GA (n = 761)
GSRCC (n = 761)
Age (year)< 0.0010.382
< 60939 (43.65)540 (60.95)404 (53.09)422 (55.45)
≥ 601212 (56.35)346 (39.05)357 (46.91)339 (44.55)
Gender< 0.0010.510
Male1717 (79.82)576 (65.01)524 (68.86)511 (67.15)
Female434 (20.18)310 (34.99)237 (31.14)250 (32.85)
BMI (kg/m2)0.3470.644
< 241099 (51.09)470 (53.05)407 (53.48)397 (52.17)
≥ 241052 (48.91)416 (46.95)354 (46.52)364 (47.83)
Comorbidity (yes)906 (42.12)341 (38.49)0.070332 (43.63)306 (40.21)0.194
Smoking history (yes)1099 (51.09)369 (41.65)< 0.001342 (44.94)322 (42.31)0.326
Drinking history (yes)1010 (46.95)383 (43.23)0.067334 (43.89)335 (44.02)1.000
Tumor location< 0.0010.449
Upper859 (39.93)171 (19.30)190 (24.97)171 (22.47)
Middle411 (19.11)231 (26.07)183 (24.05)208 (27.33)
Lower841 (39.10)443 (50.00)357 (46.91)351 (46.12)
More than two position or total40 (1.86)41 (4.63)31 (4.07)31 (4.07)
Differentiation< 0.0010.932
Poor784 (36.45)717 (80.93)598 (78.58)592 (77.79)
Moderate1228 (57.09)167 (18.85)161 (21.16)167 (21.94)
Well139 (6.46)2 (0.23)2 (0.26)2 (0.26)
Size (cm)< 0.0010.196
1 < 4904 (42.03)435 (49.10)319 (41.92)345 (45.34)
2 ≥ 41247 (57.97)451 (50.90)442 (58.08)416 (54.66)
Perineural invasion (yes)1039 (48.30)424 (47.86)0.854418 (54.93)412 (54.14)0.797
Vascular invasion (yes)867 (40.31)328 (37.02)0.100335 (44.02)315 (41.39)0.325
pT stage< 0.0010.955
T1510 (23.71)303 (34.20)198 (26.02)198 (26.02)
T2309 (14.37)107 (12.08)99 (13.01)100 (13.14)
T3728 (33.84)182 (20.54)173 (22.73)181 (23.78)
T4a/4b604 (28.08)294 (33.18)291 (38.24)282 (37.06)
pN stage< 0.0010.723
N0848 (39.42)377 (42.55)264 (34.69)275 (36.14)
N1367 (17.06)100 (11.29)86 (11.30)96 (12.61)
N2375 (17.43)145 (16.37)144 (18.92)136 (17.87)
N3561 (26.08)264 (29.80)267 (35.09)254 (33.38)
pTNM stage< 0.0010.115
I632 (29.38)317 (35.78)219 (28.78)213 (27.99)
II558 (25.94)175 (19.75)135 (17.74)167 (21.94)
III961 (44.68)394 (44.47)407 (53.48)381 (50.07)
Adjuvant chemotherapy (yes)747 (34.73)304 (34.31)0.859310 (40.74)291 (38.24)0.345
Table 2 Univariate and multivariate analysis of overall survival after propensity score matching
VariableUnivariate analyses
Multivariate analysis
HR
95%CI
P value
HR
95%CI
P value
Subtype
GARef.Ref.
GSRCC1.6010.973-2.6350.0641.1120.916-1.3490.282
Age (year)
< 60Ref.Ref.
≥ 601.3911.148-1.6850.0011.3301.094-1.6170.004
Gender
MaleRef.
Female0.940.764-1.1560.556
BMI (kg/m2)
< 24Ref.
≥ 240.7150.733-1.0780.232
Smoking history
YesRef.
No0.9380.733-1.1370.514
Drinking history
YesRef.
No1.0390.856-1.2610.698
Tumor location
UpperRef.
Middle0.5590.427-0.732< 0.001
Lower0.5850.464-0.737< 0.001
More than two position or total1.9641.363-2.83< 0.001
Poor differentiation
YesRef.Ref.
No0.6280.482-0.8180.0010.7660.584-0.9990.049
Size (cm)
< 4Ref.Ref.
≥ 42.7142.172-3.390< 0.0011.3761.088-1.7390.008
Perineural invasion
YesRef.
No0.4410.358-0.542< 0.001
Vascular invasion
YesRef.Ref.
No0.4020.330-0.489< 0.0010.7440.606-0.9150.005
pTNM stage
IRef.< 0.001Ref.
II2.8051.701-4.6282.4981.499-4.164< 0.001
III10.6316.97-16.2158.0045.065-12.648< 0.001
Adjuvant chemotherapy
YesRef.Ref.
No1.1691.022-1.3380.0231.1230.922-1.3680.250
Table 3 Coefficients for least absolute shrinkage and selection operator survival regression with lambda values
Variable
Lambda
Subtype0.0609
Age0.2521
Poor differentiation-0.2036
Size0.2898
Vascular invasion-0.2725
pTNM stage0.9118
Adjuvant chemotherapy0.0756
Perineural invasion0
Tumor location0