of borderline significanceP = 0.059
The mean number of lymph nodes examined was 40.4 [standard deviation (SD) = 13.7] for the LNM-negative group and 44.5 (SD = 14.2) for the LNM-positive group, a difference that was of borderline significance in the univariate analysis (P = 0.059), but was not significant in the multivariate analysis (P = 0.116).