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 4

The correlations between the overall survival and various clinicopathological factors.

VariableOverall survival
UnivariateMultivariate
HR (95% CI) valueHR (95% CI) value

Gender (female)0.843 (0.622-1.142)0.270
Age (years) (≥60)1.407 (1.051-1.883)0.0221.529 (1.122-2.086)0.007
BMI0.765
 Low1
 Normal1.001 (0.629-1.592)
 High1.004 (0.717-1.408)
Diabetes mellitus (positive)1.115 (0.571-2.179)0.750
Hypertension (positive)1.216 (0.838-1.763)0.304
Cardiovascular disease (positive)1.590 (0.508-4.975)0.426
Depth of invasion (T3-4)2.008 (1.378-2.926)<0.0011.409 (0.947-2.098)0.091
Lymph node status<0.001<0.001
 N01.0001.000
 N11.624 (1.145-2.302)1.434 (0.978-2.103)
 N24.805 (3.389-6.813)4.309 (2.797-6.638)
Tumor location (colon)0.815 (0.608-1.093)0.172
Perineural invasion (positive)1.487 (0.944-2.343)0.087
Vascular invasion (positive)1.751 (1.226-2.502)0.0021.112 (0.763-1.621)0.581
Pathological type0.329
 Protrude type1.000
 Infiltrating type1.413 (0.826-2.418)
 Ulcerative type1.325 (0.891-1.971)
Histological grade (low)1.919 (1.298-2.838)0.0011.495 (0.994-2.248)0.053
Maximum tumor size (≥5)1.298 (0.972-1.733)0.077
CEA (high)1.698 (1.272-2.267)<0.0011.400 (1.038-1.890)0.028
ASA grade (III-IV)1.990 (1.485-2.666)<0.0011.104 (0.783-1.558)0.572
Type of surgery (open)1.122 (0.841-1.497)0.435
Postoperative chemotherapy (yes)1.003 (0.752-1.339)0.981
Albumin (low)1.173 (0.808-1.701)0.401
Prealbumin (low)1.067 (0.747-1.524)0.723
Fibrinogen (high)1.233 (0.883-1.720)0.219
FPR (high)1.383 (1.035-1.848)0.0281.405 (1.034-1.909)0.030
PNI (low)1.048 (0.785-1.398)0.751
NLR (high)1.031 (0.773-1.376)0.835
LMR (high)0.891 (0.668-1.189)0.434
PLR (high)1.001 (0.750-1.334)0.999
Blood loss (≥100 mL)1.155 (0.865-1.542)0.327
Operation time (≥209 min)1.286 (0.962-1.718)0.090