Comparison Between Patients with Single-Region and Multiple-Region DM
| No. of patients | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Single-region DM | Multiple-region DM | P |
| Total no. | 32 | 29 | |
| Age (y) | 0.840 | ||
| <40 | 4 | 4 | |
| 40–49 | 11 | 14 | |
| 50–59 | 10 | 7 | |
| ≥60 | 7 | 4 | |
| Sex | 0.741 | ||
| Male | 25 | 26 | |
| Female | 7 | 3 | |
| T stage | 0.703 | ||
| T1 | 6 | 5 | |
| T2 | 7 | 4 | |
| T3 | 4 | 7 | |
| T4 | 15 | 13 | |
| N stage | 0.095 | ||
| N0 | 0 | 0 | |
| N1 | 5 | 1 | |
| N2 | 11 | 6 | |
| N3 | 16 | 22 | |
DM = distant metastases.