Prognostic Significance of Serum Lactic Acid, Lactate Dehydrogenase, and Albumin Levels in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Table 2
Baseline characteristics of patients with mCRC grouped by the levels of LDH, SLA, and ALB.
Contents
Sex
Age (year)
Locations (cancer)
Pathological type
Other treatment before chemotherapy
Male
Female
<56
≥56
Rectum
Colon
Poor
Well
Yes
No
LDH
LDH≥225
9
5
4
10
6
8
7
7
2
12
LDH<225
27
16
21
22
21
22
9
34
12
31
X2/t
0.010
1.035
0.151
4.420
0.450
P Value
0.920
0.309
0.697
0.036
0.502
SLA
SLA≥4.0
6
3
5
4
4
5
4
5
1
8
SLA<4.0
30
18
20
28
23
25
12
36
13
35
X2/t
0.000
0.589
0.000
0.620
0.360
P Value
1.000
0.433
1.000
0.431
0.549
ALB
ALB≥40
22
11
14
19
20
13
4
29
9
24
ALB<40
14
10
11
13
7
17
12
12
5
19
X2/t
0.415
0.066
5.509
8.087
0.311
P Value
0.520
0.798
0.019
0.004
0.577
Using chi square test, we estimate the baseline characteristics of patients with mCRC grouped by the levels of LDH, SLA, and ALB. We define P < 0.05 as statistical difference.