Research Article

Combining CT Images and Clinical Features of Four Periods to Predict Whether Patients Have Rectal Cancer

Table 2

Comparison for the characteristics between the training and testing sets.

VariablesTotal (n = 246)Training set (n = 196)Testing set (n = 50)Statistics

Gender, n (%)χ2 = 1.5970.206
 Male143 (58.13)110 (56.12)33 (66.00)
 Female103 (41.87)86 (43.88)17 (34.00)
Past history of hypertension, n (%)χ2 = 0.1940.659
 No126 (51.22)99 (50.51)27 (54.00)
 Yes120 (48.78)97 (49.49)23 (46.00)
Past history of diabetes, n (%)χ2 = 0.0490.825
 No174 (70.73)138 (70.41)36 (72.00)
 Yes72 (29.27)58 (29.59)14 (28.00)
Family cancer history, n (%)Fisher0.208
 No229 (93.09)180 (91.84)49 (98.00)
 Yes17 (6.91)16 (8.16)1 (2.00)
History of intestinal inflammatory diseases, n (%)Fisher1.000
 No244 (99.19)194 (98.98)50 (100.00)
 Yes2 (0.81)2 (1.02)0 (0.00)
Smoking history, n (%)χ2 = 5.0590.080
 Never smoking145 (58.94)121 (61.73)24 (48.00)
 Smoking80 (32.52)62 (31.63)18 (36.00)
 Quit smoking21 (8.54)13 (6.63)8 (16.00)
Drinking history, n (%)χ2 = 2.3510.309
 Never drinking188 (76.42)154 (78.57)34 (68.00)
 Drinking51 (20.73)37 (18.88)14 (28.00)
 Quit drinking7 (2.85)5 (2.55)2 (4.00)
Hemoglobin, Mean ± SD126.62 ± 28.66125.71 ± 28.25130.20 ± 30.24t = 0.990.324
Total cholesterol, mean ± SD4.52 ± 1.284.50 ± 1.274.59 ± 1.34t = 0.470.637
Triglycerides, M (Q1, Q3)1.30 (0.98, 1.76)1.29 (0.97, 1.70)1.38 (1.01, 1.94)Z = 0.9520.341
Low density lipoprotein, M (Q1, Q3)2.91 (2.30, 3.56)2.89 (2.32, 3.56)2.99 (2.09, 3.79)Z = 0.0920.926
High density lipoprotein, M (Q1, Q3)1.04 (0.86, 1.26)1.04 (0.86, 1.26)1.03 (0.87, 1.27)Z = -0.0490.961
Fecal occult blood test, n (%)χ2 = 0.4540.501
 No148 (60.16)120 (61.22)28 (56.00)
 Yes98 (39.84)76 (38.78)22 (44.00)
Carcinoembryonic antigen, M (Q1, Q3)2.66 (1.81, 5.29)2.66 (1.88, 5.17)2.65 (1.55, 7.01)Z = -0.4830.629
Alpha-fetoprotein, M (Q1, Q3)2.53 (1.88, 3.68)2.51 (1.88, 3.70)2.57 (1.88, 3.32)Z = -0.3540.723
Saccharide antigen 199, M (Q1, Q3)9.88 (2.78, 22.28)11.28 (2.81, 23.14)7.34 (2.51, 20.89)Z = -1.2040.229
Rectal cancer, n (%)χ2 = 0.0580.809
 No161 (65.45)129 (65.82)32 (64.00)
 Yes85 (34.55)67 (34.18)18 (36.00)