Research Article

Prognostic Significance of Preoperative Fibrinogen-to-Prealbumin Ratio in Patients with Stage I–III Colorectal Cancer Undergoing Surgical Resection: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 2

The correlations between the postoperative complications and various clinicopathological factors.

VariablePostoperative complication
UnivariateMultivariate
HR (95% CI) valueHR (95% CI) value

Gender (female)0.801 (0.471-1.361)0.412
Age (years) (≥60)1.675 (1.002-2.799)0.0491.311 (0.756-2.273)0.3350.271
BMI0.876
 Low1
 Normal1.071 (0.514-2.232)
 High0.916 (0.400-2.100)
Diabetes mellitus (positive)1.867 (0.737-4.726)0.188
Hypertension (positive)2.103 (1.165-3.798)0.0141.843 (0.984-3.450)0.0560.611
Cardiovascular disease (positive)1.251 (0.274-5.712)0.772
Depth of invasion (T3-4)1.031 (0.588-1.809)0.914
Lymph node status0.987
 N01.000
 N11.000 (0.559-1.788)
 N21.060 (0.506-2.221)
Tumor location (colon)0.844 (0.507-1.403)0.513
Perineural invasion (positive)1.209 (0.522-2.801)0.659
Vascular invasion (positive)1.476 (0.767-2.838)0.243
Pathological type0.693
 Protrude type1.000
 Infiltrating type0.701 (0.256-1.917)
 Ulcerative type1.033 (0.548-1.946)
Histological grade (low)1.764 (0.869-3.579)0.116
Tumor size (≥5 cm)1.614 (0.968-2.689)0.066
CEA (high)0.972 (0.576-1.639)0.915
ASA grade (III-IV)1.072 (0.647-1.774)0.788
Type of surgery (open)1.041 (0.630-1.722)0.874
Albumin (low)1.278 (0.743-2.196)0.375
Prealbumin (low)1.200 (0.704-2.044)0.502
Fibrinogen (high)1.233 (0.883-1.720)0.219
FPR (high)1.978 (1.193-3.280)0.0081.785 (1.062-2.999)0.0290.579
PNI (low)1.540 (0.924-2.566)0.097
NLR (high)1.104 (0.667-1.825)0.701
LMR (high)0.649 (0.390-1.082)0.097
PLR (high)1.440 (0.866-2.393)0.160
Blood loss (≥100 mL)2.034 (1.204-3.438)0.0081.956 (1.151-3.326)0.0130.671
Operation time (≥209 min)1.540 (0.924-2.566)0.097