Variables | Training set (n = 184) | Validation set (n = 80) | p value†| ||||
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MSI-H (n = 51) | MSI-L/MSS (n = 133) | p value* | MSI-H (n = 19) | MSI-L/MSS (n = 61) | p value* |  | |
Age, years | 63.24 ± 8.95 | 58.73 ± 11.20 | 0.011 | 63.37 ± 5.57 | 57.15 ± 10.70 | 0.018 | 0.340 |
Gender | Â | Â | 0.367 | Â | Â | 0.366 | 0.492 |
 Male | 38 | 90 |  | 12 | 47 |  |  |
 Female | 13 | 43 |  | 7 | 14 |  |  |
CEA | Â | Â | 0.639 | Â | Â | 1.000 | 0.188 |
 Normal | 44 | 1 |  | 15 | 47 |  |  |
 Elevated | 7 | 22 |  | 4 | 14 |  |  |
CA19-9 | Â | Â | 0.870 | Â | Â | 0.797 | 0.169 |
 Normal | 46 | 121 |  | 17 | 51 |  |  |
 Elevated | 5 | 12 |  | 2 | 10 |  |  |
MD, cm | 4.43 ± 1.79 | 4.62 ± 1.63 | 0.498 | 4.07 ± 1.17 | 4.68 ± 1.72 | 0.154 | 0.860 |
MT, cm | 2.04 ± 0.45 | 2.03 ± 0.45 | 0.931 | 2.23 ± 0.59 | 2.08 ± 0.42 | 0.223 | 0.182 |
Tumor location |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  | 0.026 | 0.367 |
 Cardia/fundus | 9 | 45 |  | 4 | 19 |  |  |
 Corpus | 12 | 55 |  | 2 | 21 |  |  |
 Antrum/pylorus | 30 | 33 |  | 13 | 21 |  |  |
CT_T staging | Â | Â | 0.046 | Â | Â | 0.017 | 0.443 |
 T2 | 15 | 26 |  | 7 | 7 |  |  |
 T3 | 22 | 44 |  | 7 | 19 |  |  |
 T4a | 14 | 63 |  | 5 | 35 |  |  |
CT_N staging |  |  |  < 0.001 |  |  | 0.003 | 0.976 |
 N0 | 15 | 9 |  | 6 | 6 |  |  |
 N1 | 22 | 36 |  | 9 | 15 |  |  |
 N2 | 13 | 58 |  | 4 | 27 |  |  |
 N3 | 1 | 30 |  | 0 | 13 |  |  |
cTNM staging (AJCC 8th) | Â | Â | 0.002 | Â | Â | 0.019 | 0.525 |
 I | 8 | 6 |  | 5 | 4 |  |  |
 II | 15 | 22 |  | 6 | 12 |  |  |
 III | 28 | 105 |  | 8 | 45 |  |  |
Histopathological type | Â | Â | 0.187 | Â | Â | 0.105 | 0.972 |
 Adenocarcinoma | 36 | 77 |  | 12 | 36 |  |  |
 Poorly cohesive | 7 | 38 |  | 2 | 18 |  |  |
 Mucinous | 5 | 12 |  | 2 | 5 |  |  |
 Mixed | 3 | 6 |  | 3 | 2 |  |  |
Histological grade | Â | Â | 0.468 | Â | Â | 0.149 | 0.716 |
 Well | 5 | 9 |  | 4 | 4 |  |  |
 Moderate | 8 | 30 |  | 2 | 12 |  |  |
 Poor | 38 | 94 |  | 13 | 45 |  |  |
Lauren type | Â | Â | 0.014 | Â | Â | 0.021 | 0.790 |
 Intestinal type | 32 | 52 |  | 13 | 20 |  |  |
 Mixed type | 12 | 46 |  | 4 | 24 |  |  |
 Diffuse type | 7 | 35 |  | 2 | 17 |  |  |
Lymphovascular invasion | Â | Â | 0.272 | Â | Â | 0.771 | 0.322 |
 Positive | 23 | 72 |  | 8 | 28 |  |  |
 Negative | 28 | 61 |  | 11 | 33 |  |  |
Perineural invasion | Â | Â | 0.589 | Â | Â | 0.462 | 0.581 |
 Positive | 20 | 58 |  | 6 | 25 |  |  |
 Negative | 31 | 75 |  | 13 | 36 |  |  |