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Table 1 General characteristics of 182 GC patients

From: Using the preoperative prognostic nutritional index as a predictive factor for non-cancer-related death in post-curative resection gastric cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study

Variables

Values

Age (years)

70 (38–90)

  ≥ 70 / <  70

92 (50.5%) / 90 (49.5%)

Sex

 male / female

130 (71.4%) / 52 (28.6%)

BMI (kg/m2)

22.7 (14.2–35.8)

  ≥ 25 / <  25

49 (26.9%) / 133 (73.1%)

Comorbidities

 Myocardial infarction

7 (3.8%)

 Congestive heart failure

11 (6.0%)

 Cerebrovascular accident

12 (6.6%)

 COPD

14 (7.7%)

 Liver disease

6 (3.3%)

 Chronic kidney disease

2 (1.1%)

 Diabetes mellitus

35 (19.2%)

Stage

 I / II / III

114 (62.6%) / 38 (20.9%) / 30 (16.5%)

Depth of tumor invasion (T)

 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

99 (54.4%) / 23 (12.6%) / 55 (30.2%) / 5 (2.7%)

Tumor size (mm)

40 (4–140)

  ≥ 50 / <  50

59 (32.4%) / 123 (67.6%)

Lymph node metastasis (N)

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3

127 (69.8%) / 25 (13.7%) / 13 (7.1%) / 17 (9.3%)

Lymphatic vessel infiltration

80 (44.0%)

Histologic type

 Intestinal / Diffuse

102 (56.0%) / 80 (44.0%)

Approach

 Open / Laparoscopic

93 (51.1%) / 89 (48.9%)

Operative method

 Distal / Total / Proximal

124 (68.1%) / 51 (28.0%) / 7 (3.8%)

Lymph node dissection

 D1 / D1+ / D2

32 (17.6%) / 74 (40.7%) / 76 (41.8%)

Complication (CD ≥ 3)

9 (4.9%)

Complication (infection)

14 (7.7%)

Length of stay (day)

13 (8–178)

  ≥ 20 / <  20

26 (14.3%) / 156 (85.7%)

Tumor markers

 CEA (ng/mL)

2.6 (0.5–68.8)

  ≥ 5.5 / <  5.5

18 (9.9%) / 164 (90.1%)

 CA19–9 (ng/mL)

7.35 (0.1–1048.3)

  ≥ 37 / <  37

19 (10.4%) / 163 (89.6%)

mGPS

 0 / 1 / 2

167 (91.8%) / 7 (3.8%) / 8 (4.4%)

NLR

2.0 (0.56–15.37)

  ≥ 2.5 / <  2.5

59 (32.4%) / 123 (67.6%)

PNI

44.1 (26.0–64.7)

  ≥ 45 / <  45

85 (46.7%) / 97 (53.3%)

Adjuvant chemotherapy

33 (18.1%)

  1. Data are median (range) or number (%). Some percentages do not add up to 100 because of rounding
  2. BMI body mass index, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CD Clavien-Dindo Classification, CEA carcinoembryonic antigen, CA19–9 carbohydrate antigen 19–9, mGPS modified Glasgow Prognostic Score, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, PNI prognostic nutritional index