Table 2 Clinicopathological characteristic of patients with CRC stratified by PIV and AGR cutoffs in the training cohort.

From: Preoperative pan-immuno-inflammatory values and albumin-to-globulin ratio predict the prognosis of stage I–III colorectal cancer

Characteristics

Overall patients N = 470

High PIV (≥ 426.8) N = 82

Low PIV (< 426.8) N = 388

P value

High AGR (≥ 1.4) N = 306

Low AGR (< 1.4) N = 164

P value

Age, median (IQR)

62 (52, 69)

59 (50, 70)

62 (52, 69)

0.475

59 (50, 67)

65 (59, 73)

< 0.001

Gender

   

0.867

  

0.015

 Male

279 (59.4%)

48 (58.5%)

231 (59.5%)

 

194 (63.4%)

85 (51.8%)

 

 Female

191 (40.6%)

34 (41.5%)

157 (40.5%)

 

112 (36.6%)

79 (48.2%)

 

BMI

   

0.332

  

0.037

 < 18.5

14 (3.0%)

4 (4.9%)

10 (2.6%)

 

5 (1.6%)

9 (5.5%)

 

 18.5–24

203 (43.2%)

38 (46.3%)

165 (42.5%)

 

136 (44.4%)

67 (40.9%)

 

 24–28

189 (40.2%)

27 (32.9%)

162 (41.8%)

 

129 (42.2%)

60 (36.6%)

 

 ≥ 28

64(13.6%)

27 (32.9%)

51 (13.1%)

 

36 (11.8%)

28 (17.1%)

 

Smoking

   

0.965

  

0.010

 Yes

150 (31.9%)

26 (31.7%)

124 (32.0%)

 

110 (35.9%)

40 (24.4%)

 

 No

320 (68.1%)

56 (68.3%)

264 (68.0%)

 

196 (64.1%)

124 (75.6%)

 

Alcohol

   

0.636

  

0.135

 Yes

89 (18.9%)

14 (17.1%)

75 (19.3%)

 

64 (20.9%)

25 (15.2%)

 

 No

381 (81.1%)

68 (82.9%)

313 (80.7%)

 

242 (79.1%)

139 (84.8%)

 

Gross appearance

   

0.549

  

0.044

 Bulge

139 (29.6%)

22 (26.8%)

117 (30.2%)

 

100 (32.7%)

39 (23.8%)

 

 Infiltration or ulcer

331 (70.4%)

60 (73.2%)

271 (69.8%)

 

206 (67.3%)

125 (76.2%)

 

Histological type

   

0.123

  

0.574

 Adenocarcinoma

437 (93.0%)

73 (89.0%)

364 (93.8%)

 

286 (93.5%)

151(92.1%)

 

 Mucinous adenocarcinoma or signet ring cell cancer

33 (7.0%)

9 (11.0%)

24 (6.2%)

 

20 (6.5%)

13 (7.9%)

 

T stage

   

0.001

  

0.008

 T1–T2

104 (22.1%)

7 (8.5%)

97 (25.0%)

 

79 (25.8%)

25 (15.2%)

 

 T3–T4

366 (77.9%)

75 (91.5%)

291 (75.0%)

 

227 (74.2%)

139(84.8%)

 

N stage

   

0.807

  

0.697

 N0–N1

394 (83.8%)

68 (82.9%)

326 (84.0%)

 

258 (84.3%)

136 (82.9%)

 

 N2–N3

76 (16.2%)

14 (17.1%)

62 (16.0%)

 

48 (15.7%)

28 (17.1%)

 

TNM stage

   

0.526

  

0.313

 I–II

284 (60.4%)

47 (57.3%)

237 (61.1%)

 

190 (62.1%)

94 (57.3%)

 

 III

186 (39.6%)

35 (42.7%)

151 (38.9%)

 

116 (37.9%)

70 (42.7%)

 

Differentiated degree

   

0.006

  

0.499

 Well/moderate

73 (15.5%)

61 (74.4%)

336 (86.6%)

 

261 (85.3%)

136 (82.9%)

 

 Poor/undifferentiated

397 (84.5%)

21 (25.6%)

52 (13.4%)

 

45 (14.7%)

28 (17.1%)

 

Nerve invasion

   

0.044

  

0.670

 Positive

84 (17.9%)

21 (25.6%)

63 (16.2%)

 

53 (17.3%)

31 (18.9%)

 

 Negative

386 (82.1%)

61 (74.4%)

325 (83.8%)

 

253 (82.7%)

133 (81.1%)

 

Intravascular tumor emboli

   

0.377

  

0.557

 Positive

87 (18.5%)

18 (22.0%)

69 (17.8%)

 

59 (19.3%)

28 (17.1%)

 

 Negative

383 (81.5%)

64 (78.0%)

319 (82.2%)

 

247 (80.7%)

136 (82.9%)

 

CEA

   

0.192

  

0.004

 High

171 (36.4%)

35 (42.7%)

136 (35.1%)

 

97 (31.7%)

74 (45.1%)

 

 Normal

299 (63.6%)

47 (57.3%)

252 (64.9%)

 

209 (68.3%)

90 (54.9%)

 

ALB (g/L), median (IQR)

40.6 (37.8, 43.2)

40.0 (36.5, 42.5)

40.8 (38.1, 43.5)

0.008

41.6 (39.1, 44.4)

38.4(36.2, 41.1)

< 0.001

PLT (109/L), median (IQR)

240 (198, 290)

317 (250, 375)

232 (192, 268)

< 0.001

233 (193, 266)

267 (214, 330)

< 0.001

NE (109/L), median (IQR)

3.62 (2.92, 4.52)

5.60 (4.65, 6.62)

3.38 (2.84, 4.03)

< 0.001

3.54 (2.85, 4.30)

3.83 (3.11, 4.88)

0.002

MONO (109/L), median (IQR)

0.45 (0.35, 0.56)

0.42 (0.33, 0.51)

0.64 (0.56, 0.78)

< 0.001

0.43 (0.35, 0.53)

0.46 (0.38, 0.60)

0.002

LY (109/L), median (IQR)

1.79 (1.45, 2.19)

1.56 (1.30, 2.10)

1.84 (1.50, 2.20)

0.003

1.77 (1.42, 2.15)

1.88 (1.50, 2.28)

0.042

  1. IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index, CEA carcinoembryonic antigen, ALB albumin, PLT platelet count, NE neutrophil count, MONO monocyte count, LY lymphocyte count.