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
	X^2/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
	X^2/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
	X^2/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.