Table 1 Baseline characteristics in 306 patients who underwent laparoscopic colorectal resection: comparison between high-TMI and low-TMI groups.

From: Novel tumor marker index using carcinoembryonic antigen and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 is a significant prognostic factor for resectable colorectal cancer

Variables

Total

High-TMI

Low-TMI

p-value

n (%) or median (range)

Patients

306

122 (39.8%)

184 (60.2%)

 

Age (years)

71.5 ± 11.0

72.1 ± 10.9

71.1 ± 11.1

0.41

Sex

 Male

192 (63%)

79 (64.7%)

113 (61.4%)

0.55

 Female

114 (37%)

43 (35%)

71 (38.5%)

 

Body mass index (kg/m2)

22.6 ± 4.12

21.8 ± 4.05

23.1 ± 4.09

0.003

Tumor location

0.06

 Right-sided cancer

89 (29%)

28 (22.3%)

61 (33.1%)

 

 Left-sided cancer

217 (71%)

94 (77.0%)

123 (66.8%)

 

Obstructive cancer

22 (7.2%)

13 (10.6%)

9 (4.9%)

0.06

CEA (ng/mL)

9.8 ± 24.8

19.8 ± 37.1

3.26 ± 3.43

< 0.001

CA19-9 (U/mL)

21.1 ± 43.9

42.6 ± 63.6

6.73 ± 5.22

< 0.001

Histopathology

0.20

 tub1

147 (48%)

53 (43.4%)

94 (51.0%)

 

 tub2

147 (48%)

62 (50.8%)

85 (46.2%)

 

 por

4 (1.3%)

1 (0.8%)

3 (1.6%)

 

 Others

8 (2.7%)

6 (4.9%)

2 (1.1%)

 

T factor

< 0.001

 T1

63 (21%)

12 (9.8%)

51 (27.7%)

 

 T2

48 (16%)

16 (13.1%)

32 (17.3%)

 

 T3

173 (57%)

82 (67.2%)

91 (49.4%)

 

 T4

22 (7.2%)

12 (9.8%)

10 (5.4%)

 

N factor

< 0.001

 N0

189 (62%)

60 (49.2%)

129 (70.1%)

 

 N1

76 (25%)

34 (27.8%)

42 (22.8%)

 

 N2

36 (12%)

25 (20.4%)

11 (5.9%)

 

 N3

5 (1.6%)

3 (2.5%)

2 (1.1%)

 

Pathological stage

< 0.001

 I

92 (30.1%)

21 (17.2%)

71 (38.6%)

 

 II

97 (32%)

39 (31.9%)

58 (31.5%)

 

 III

117 (38%)

62 (50.8%)

55 (29.8%)

 

Operative procedure

0.28

 Ileocecal resection

40 (13%)

11 (9.0%)

29 (15.7%)

 

 Right hemicolectomy

45 (15%)

17 (13.9%)

28 (15.2%)

 

 Transverse colectomy

3 (1.0%)

0 (0%)

3 (1.9%)

 

 Left hemicolectomy

17 (5.6%)

6 (4.9%)

11 (5.9%)

 

 Sigmoid colectomy

99 (32%)

39 (31.9%)

60 (32.6%)

 

 Low anterior resection

67 (22%)

32 (26.2%)

35 (19.0%)

 

 Abdominoperineal resection

35 (11%)

17 (13.9%)

18 (9.8%)

 

Lymph node dissection

0.37

 D1

14 (4.6%)

6 (4.9%)

8 (4.4%)

 

 D2

117 (38%)

53 (43.4%)

64 (34.7%)

 

 D3

175 (57%)

63 (51.6%)

112 (60.8%)

 

Operative time (min)

272.7 ± 78.4

289.2 ± 84.1

261.8 ± 72.5

0.005

Intraoperative blood loss (mL)

69.6 ± 150.8

83.3 ± 197.0

60.5 ± 109.8

0.70

Postoperative complication

 Anastomotic leakage

13 (4.3%)

9 (7.4%)

4 (2.1%)

0.03

 Surgical site infection

47 (15%)

21 (17.2%)

26 (14.2%)

0.47

 Ileus

37 (12%)

24 (19.6%)

13 (7.0%)

0.001

 Intraperitoneal abscess

13 (4.3%)

8 (6.5%)

5 (2.7%)

0.10

Adjuvant chemotherapy

126 (41%)

64 (52.4%)

62 (33.7%)

0.001

High-NLR

46 (15%)

24 (19.6%)

22 (11.9%)

0.06

High-PLR

152 (49.6%)

60 (49.1%)

92 (50.0%)

0.88

GPS, 1 or 2

67 (21.9%)

33 (27.0%)

34 (18.5%)

0.08

Smoking history

109 (35.6%)

45 (36.8%)

64 (34.8%)

0.70

Liver cirrhosis

9 (2.9%)

3 (2.4%)

6 (3.3%)

0.68

Diabetes mellitus

59 (19.2%)

25 (20.5%)

34 (18.5%)

0.66

  1. CEA carcinoembryonic antigen, CA19-9 carbohydrate antigen 19-9, tub1 well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma, tub2 moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma, por poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, NLR neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, PLR platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, GPS Glasgow prognostic score, TMI tumor marker index.