Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine / 2022 / Article / Tab 3 / 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 3 Patients’ characteristics in the testing cohort.
Variables Overall (%) PNI valueHigh risk ( ) Low risk ( ) 1329 502 827 Age 0.003 ≤60 546 (41.1) 180 (35.9) 366 (44.3) >60 783 (58.9) 322 (64.1) 461 (55.7) Postoperative adjuvant treatment 0.016 No 702 (52.8) 287 (57.2) 415 (50.2) Yes 627 (47.2) 215 (42.8) 412 (49.8) Gender 0.015 Female 244 (18.4) 75 (14.9) 169 (20.4) Male 1085 (81.6) 427 (85.1) 658 (79.6) KPS score 1 ≥80 1324 (99.6) 500 (99.6) 824 (99.6) ≤70 5 (0.4) 2 (0.4) 3 (0.4) Tumor size 0.001 <5 cm 898 (67.6) 311 (62.0) 587 (71.0) ≥5 cm 431 (32.4) 191 (38.0) 240 (29.0) Tumor grade 0.953 Well differentiated 236 (17.8) 92 (18.3) 144 (17.4) Moderate differentiated 540 (40.6) 205 (40.8) 335 (40.5) Poorly differentiated 516 (38.8) 192 (38.2) 324 (39.2) Other 37 (2.8) 13 (2.6) 24 (2.9) Tumor location 0.846 Lower chest 280 (21.1) 105 (20.9) 175 (21.2) Middle chest 706 (53.1) 263 (52.4) 443 (53.6) Upper chest 343 (25.8) 134 (26.7) 209 (25.3) T stage 0.037 T0-2 420 (31.6) 141 (28.1) 279 (33.7) T3-4 909 (68.4) 361 (71.9) 548 (66.3) N stage 0.168 N0-1 993 (74.7) 364 (72.5) 629 (76.1) N2-3 336 (25.3) 138 (27.5) 198 (23.9) M stage 1 M0 1325 (99.7) 500 (99.6) 825 (99.8) M1 4 (0.3) 2 (0.4) 2 (0.2) TNM stage 0.132 0-II 579 (43.6) 205 (40.8) 374 (45.2) III-IV 750 (56.4) 297 (59.2) 453 (54.8)