Table 2 Patient characteristics in association with the SII

From: Systemic immune-inflammation index in germ-cell tumours

  

Discovery set

Validation set

  

SII

SII

Variable

N

Mean

s.e.m.

Median

P -value

N

Mean

s.e.m.

Median

P -value

All patients

171

1664

144

1003

NA

181

1034

98

611

NA

Histology

          

 Seminoma

31

1259

336

932

0.703

33

966

231

608

0.059

 Non-seminoma

127

1686

166

971

 

148

1050

109

1437

 

 N/A

13

         

Tumour primary

          

 Primary testicular

143

1487

153

909

<0.001

179

1032

99

600

0.238

 Extragonadal

28

2571

347

1627

 

2

1302

939

1302

 

IGCCCG risk group

          

 Good

90

900

178

644

<0.001

146

744

93

534

<0.001

 Intermediate

24

2163

345

1319

 

19

1440

258

739

 

 Poor

57

2661

224

1991

 

16

3203

281

2961

 

Number of metastatic sites

          

 0

8

530

647

467

<0.001

55

548

153

461

<0.001

 1–2

103

1437

180

751

 

101

882

113

611

 

3

60

2207

236

1610

 

25

2725

227

1785

 

Retroperitoneal LN metastases

          

 Absent

25

1213

348

709

<0.001

60

718

159

467

<0.001

 1–5 cm

53

760

239

585

 

63

767

155

496

 

 >5 cm

93

2302

181

2256

 

55

1605

166

1019

 

 N/A

0

    

3

    

Mediastinal LN metastases

          

 Absent

126

1480

165

759

<0.001

163

861

95

569

<0.001

 Present

45

2180

276

1571

 

18

2609

287

1461

 

Lung metastases

          

 Absent

109

1447

178

753

<0.001

142

760

102

522

<0.001

 Present

62

2046

236

1464

 

39

2035

195

1153

 

Liver

          

 Absent

137

1412

154

794

<0.001

172

933

95

580

<0.001

 Present

34

2683

310

2411

 

9

2980

417

3154

 

Non-pulmonary visceral metastases

          

 Absent

125

1357

162

757

<0.001

173

950

96

583

<0.001

 Present

46

2500

266

1921

 

8

2860

448

2952

 

S-stage

          

 0

25

799

339

638

<0.001

82

614

126

495

<0.001

 1

65

939

210

660

 

65

982

141

634

 

 2

24

2163

346

1320

 

21

1416

248

743

 

 3

57

2662

225

1991

 

13

3338

315

2768

 
  1. Abbreviations: IGCCCG=International Germ Cell Cancer Collaborative Group; LN=lymph node; NA=not applicable; SII=systemic immune-inflammation index.