XXXX : pathology findings in a multiethnic population.

@entity1 @entity5 @entity189 @entity4056 @entity418 @entity3621 @entity356
OBJECTIVES: To assess the pathology of @entity356 and to determine whether @entity189 of the @entity418 occurs more often among whites than among other ethnic groups in Hawaii. This study focuses on demographic differences in subsite locations and histologic types of @entity356 . METHODS: We reviewed 532 sequential gastric @entity189 accessioned between 1993 and 1999 in the Hawaii Tumor Registry. Pathology reports and slides were reviewed by the study pathologist. RESULTS: @entity189 of the @entity418 occurred in 51 (15.8%) of 323 males compared with 18 (8.6%) of 209 females (P = 0.02, after age adjustment). The age-adjusted percent of @entity418 cases was 41.8% for Hawaiian white males compared with 13.4% for @entity1 of all other ethnic groups (P = 0.0002). The age-adjusted percent of @entity418 cases was 22.4% for Hawaiian white females compared with 7.3% for females of other groups. (P = 0.08). At all age levels, females had more frequent diffuse @entity189 and less frequent @entity356 than @entity1 . The age-adjusted percent with diffuse @entity189 was 35.3% for females and 13.7% for males (P < 0.0001). Also, the sex-adjusted percent with diffuse @entity189 was 26.0% for @entity1 younger than 75 years of age compared with 17.0% for @entity1 75 years or older (P = 0.01). Conversely, the sex-adjusted percent with @entity4056 was 67.9% for @entity1 younger than 75 years of age compared with 77.1% for @entity1 75 years or older (P = 0.02). The proportion of cases showing precursor lesions (intestinal metaplasia or superficial @entity3621 ) increased progressively with the distance of the @entity189 from the @entity418 . CONCLUSIONS: @entity189 of the @entity418 is predominantly a @entity5 of white males and is not associated with the multifocal @entity3621 characteristically found with @entity189 . Diffuse @entity356 shows no ethnic predilection, but expression of this phenotype is clearly related to the age and gender of the @entity1 .
