Table 1 The characteristics of 313 patients with CRC.

From: The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index predicts postoperative complications and prognosis in elderly patients with colorectal cancer after curative surgery

Variables

Total (n = 313)

Age (years)*

73 (65–94)

Sex (male/female)

201/112

BMI (kg/m2)*

22.2 (8.7–33.6)

ALB (g/dL)*

3.8 (1.9–4.8)

WBC (/μL)*

5610 (2360–13700)

CRP (mg/dl)*

0.07 (0.04–9.07)

Preoperative CEA (ng/mL)*

3 (0.1–321)

Preoperative CA19–9 (U/mL)*

11 (0–2505)

Tumor location (colon/rectum)

239/74

Degree of differentiation (tub1/tub2/por/pap/muc)

132/156/14/1/10

Depth of tumor invasion (Tis/T1/T2/T3/T4)

29/73/58/136/17

Lymph node metastasis (N0/N1/N2)

225/65/23

Lymphatic vessel invasion (ly0/ly1/ly2/ly3)

117/163/29/4

Venous invasion (v0/v1/v2/v3)

238/62/12/1

Distant metastasis (none/HEP/PUL/LYM/PER)

304/6/0/1/2

TNM stage (0/I/II/III/IV)

29/115/77/83/9

Complication (CD grade) (none/I/II/III/IV/V)

249/23/23/16/2/0

GNRI

99.0 (62.2–122.6)

  1. CRC = colorectal cancer, BMI = body mass index, ALB = serum albumin, WBC = white blood cell, CRP = C-reactive protein, CEA = carcinoembryonic antigen, CA19–9 = carbohydrate antigen 19–9, tub1 = well differentiated adenocarcinoma, tub2 = moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma, por = poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, pap = papillary adenocarcinoma, muc = mucinous adenocarcinoma, HEP = liver, PUL = pulmonary, LYM = extra-regional lymph node, PER = peritoneal, TNM = tumor-node-metastasis, CD = Clavien-Dindo, GNRI = geriatric nutritional risk index, Asterisk values indicate median (range).