Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine / 2022 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
The Clinical Application Value of the Prognostic Nutritional Index for the Overall Survival Prognosis of Patients with Esophageal Cancer: A Robust Real-World Observational Study in China Table 1 Patients’ characteristics in the training cohort.
Variables Overall (%) PNI valueHigh risk ( ) Low risk ( ) 1332 490 842 Age <0.001 ≤60 548 (41.1) 160 (32.7) 388 (46.1) >60 784 (58.9) 330 (67.3) 454 (53.9) Postoperative adjuvant treatment 0.003 No 720 (54.1) 291 (59.4) 429 (51.0) Yes 612 (45.9) 199 (40.6) 413 (49.0) Gender <0.001 Female 244 (18.3) 65 (13.3) 179 (21.3) Male 1088 (81.7) 425 (86.7) 663 (78.7) KPS score 1 ≥80 1327 (99.6) 488 (99.6) 839 (99.6) ≤70 5 (0.4) 2 (0.4) 3 (0.4) Tumor size <0.001 <5 cm 900 (67.6) 298 (60.8) 602 (28.5) ≥5 cm 432 (32.4) 192 (39.2) 602 (28.5) Tumor grade 0.963 Well differentiated 251 (18.8) 93 (19.0) 158 (18.8) Moderate differentiated 521 (39.1) 195 (39.8) 326 (38.7) Poorly differentiated 522 (39.2) 189 (38.6) 333 (39.5) Other 38 (2.9) 13 (2.7) 25 (3.0) Tumor location 0.185 Lower chest 293 (22.0) 121 (24.7) 172 (20.4) Middle chest 712 (53.5) 255 (52.0) 457 (54.3) Upper chest 327 (24.5) 114 (23.3) 213 (25.3) T stage 0.295 T0-2 405 (30.4) 140 (28.6) 265 (31.5) T3-4 927 (69.6) 350 (71.4) 577 (68.5) N stage 0.865 N0-1 970 (72.8) 355 (72.4) 615 (73.0) N2-3 362 (27.2) 135 (27.6) 227 (27.0) M stage 0.784 M0 1331 (99.9) 489 (99.8) 842 (100.0) M1 1 (0.1) 1 (0.2) 0 (0.0) TNM stage 0.241 0-II 581 (43.6) 203 (41.4) 378 (44.9) III-IV 751 (56.4) 287 (58.6) 464 (55.1)