Table 1 Baseline characteristics of hCCA patients in the training and testing sets.

From: Development and validation of a machine learning-based nomogram for survival prediction of patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma after curative-intent resection

Variables

Training set (n = 237)

Testing group (n = 103)

P-value

Demography

 Gender (%)

  Female

125 (53)

51 (50)

0.668

  Male

112 (47)

52 (50)

 Age, (years) (%)

  <55

49 (21)

24 (23)

0.691

  ≥55

188 (79)

79 (77)

Clinical feature

 Abdominal pain (%)

  No

140 (59)

62 (60)

0.941

  Yes

97 (41)

41 (40)

 Bloating (%)

  No

170 (72)

77 (75)

0.658

  Yes

67 (28)

26 (25)

 Jaundice (%)

  No

41 (17)

12 (12)

0.247

  Yes

196 (83)

91 (88)

 Child-Pugh (%)

  A

42 (18)

13 (13)

0.078

  B

191 (81)

84 (82)

  C

4 (2)

6 (6)

Laboratory

 TBIL, (µmol/L) (%)

  <100

89 (38)

33 (32)

0.395

  ≥100

148 (62)

70 (68)

 CA19-9, (u/ml) (%)

  <100

77 (32)

32 (31)

0.895

  ≥100

160 (68)

71 (69)

Surgery

 PBD (%)

  No

151 (64)

70 (68)

0.528

  ENBD or PTCD

86 (36)

33 (32)

 Bismuth–Corlette (%)

  I

49 (21)

20 (19)

0.197

  II

38 (16)

15 (15)

  IIIa

60 (25)

20 (19)

  IIIb

52 (22)

20 (19)

  V

38 (16)

28 (27)

 Surgical procedure (%)

  Bile duct resection

85 (36)

39 (38)

0.71

  Perihilar hepatectomy

12 (5)

4 (4)

  Right hemihepatectomy

70 (30)

25 (24)

  Left hemihepatectomy

70 (30)

35 (34)

 Vascular invasion (%)

  No

205 (86)

92 (89)

0.356

  Portal vein invasion

16 (7)

8 (8)

  Hepatic artery invasion

16 (7)

3 (3)

 Vascular resection (%)

  No

210 (89)

92 (89)

0.53

  Portal vein

23 (10)

11 (11)

  Hepatic artery

4 (2)

0 (0)

 Tumor size, (cm) (%)

  <1.5

65 (27)

22 (21)

0.389

  1.5-3

93 (39)

40 (39)

  >3

79 (33)

41 (40)

 TLNC (%)

  ≤6

109 (46)

50 (49)

0.536

  7–12

100 (42)

45 (44)

  ≥13

28 (12)

8 (8)

 Chemotherapy (%)

  No

193 (81)

88 (85)

0.459

  Yes

44 (19)

15 (15)

 Positive margin (%)

  No

177 (75)

81 (79)

0.518

  Yes

60 (25)

22 (21)

 Clavien-Dindo (%)

  No

43 (18)

12 (12)

0.06

  I

82 (35)

44 (43)

  II

72 (30)

38 (37)

  ≥III

40 (17)

9 (9)

Pathology and clinical stages

 Differentiation (%)

  Well

35 (15)

18 (17)

0.747

  Moderate

129 (54)

52 (50)

  Poorly

73 (31)

33 (32)

 Liver invasion (%)

  No

117 (49)

53 (51)

0.813

  Yes

120 (51)

50 (49)

 Perineural invasion (%)

  No

138 (58)

68 (66)

0.219

  Yes

99 (42)

35 (34)

 T stage (%)

  T1

32 (14)

15 (15)

0.429

  T2a

57 (24)

22 (21)

  T2b

64 (27)

34 (33)

  T3

53 (22)

25 (24)

  T4

31 (13)

7 (7)

 N stage (%)

  N0

167 (70)

69 (67)

0.576

  N1

55 (23)

29 (28)

  N2

15 (6)

5 (5)

 TNM stage (%)

  I/II

120 (51)

47 (46)

0.506

  IIIA/IIIB/IIIC

103 (43)

50 (49)

  IVA

14 (6)

6 (5)

 Status (%)

  Survival

43 (18)

18 (17)

1

  Death

194 (82)

85 (83)

  Median time, (month) (Q1,Q3)

21.7 (10.9, 36.9)

22.1 (10.4, 38.0)

0.48

  1. TBIL total bilirubin, CA19-9 carbohydrate antigen 19 − 9, PBD preoperative biliary drainage, TLNC total lymph node count.