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Table 3 Association of TEG parameters with clinical parameters in patients with CRC

From: Thromboelastography (TEG) parameters as potential predictors of malignancy and tumor progression in colorectal cancer

Variable

R

P (χ2)

K

P (χ2)

α-Angle

P (χ2)

MA

P (χ2)

LR (n, %)

HR (n, %)

LK (n, %)

HK (n, %)

Lα (n, %)

Hα (n, %)

LMA (n, %)

HMA (n, %)

Age (years)

 ≤ 65

23 (11.7)

174 (88.3)

0.719 (0.129)

13 (6.6)

184 (93.4)

0.496 (0.463)

166 (84.3)

31 (15.7)

0.273 (1.200)

174 (88.3)

23 (11.7)

0.188 (1.735)

 > 65

20 (10.5)

170 (89.5)

16 (8.4)

174 (91.6)

152 (80.0)

38 (20.0)

159 (83.7)

31 (16.3)

Sex

 Male

22 (9.5)

210 (90.5)

0.212 (1.555)

13 (5.6)

219 (94.4)

0.084 (2.985)

199 (85.8)

33 (14.2)

0.023 (5.139)

207 (89.2)

25 (10.8)

0.027 (4.871)

 Female

21 (13.5)

134 (86.5)

16 (10.3)

139 (89.7)

119 (76.8)

36 (23.2)

126 (81.3)

29 (18.7)

Preoperative CEA

 Normal

30 (11.7)

227 (88.3)

0.770 (0.085)

14 (5.4)

243 (94.6)

0.019 (5.490)

226 (87.9)

31 (12.1)

< 0.001 (20.236)

236 (91.8)

21 (8.2)

< 0.001 (24.130)

 High

13 (10.7)

109 (89.3)

15 (12.3)

107 (87.7)

84 (68.9)

38 (31.1)

89 (73.0)

33 (27.0)

Preoperative CA19-9

 Normal

40 (12.4)

282 (87.6)

0.116 (2.468)

21 (6.5)

302 (93.5)

0.043 (3.869)

272 (84.2)

51 (15.8)

0.003 (8.057)

291 (90.1)

32 (9.9)

< 0.001 (32.554)

 High

3 (5.3)

54 (94.7)

8 (14.3)

48 (85.7)

38 (67.9)

18 (32.1)

34 (60.7)

22 (39.3)

Tumor location

 Colon

28 (11.9)

208 (88.1)

0.601 (0.274)

25 (10.6)

211 (89.4)

0.004 (8.111)

182 (77.1)

54 (22.9)

0.001 (11.244)

186 (78.8)

50 (21.2)

< 0.001 (28.065)

 Rectum

15 (10.1)

133 (89.9)

4 (2.7)

144 (97.3)

134 (90.5)

14 (9.5)

145 (98.0)

3 (2.0)

Differentiation

 Poorly

20 (15.7)

107 (84.3)

0.085 (2.961)

15 (11.8)

112 (88.2)

0.060 (3.544)

90 (70.9)

37 (29.1)

< 0.001 (12.860)

97 (76.4)

30 (23.6)

< 0.001 (12.865)

 Medium + well

22 (9.6)

207 (90.4)

14 (6.1)

215 (93.9)

198 (86.5)

31 (13.5)

207 (90.4)

22 (9.6)

Growth pattern

 Protuberant

15 (12.7)

103 (87.3)

0.907 (0.014)

8 (6.8)

110 (93.2)

0.462 (5.40)

98 (83.1)

20 (16.9)

0.332 (0.942)

106 (89.8)

12 (10.2)

0.080 (3.074)

 Ulcerative/invasive

27 (12.3)

193 (87.7)

20 (9.1)

200 (90.9)

173 (78.6)

47 (21.4)

182 (82.7)

38 (17.3)

Vascular invasion

 Negative

26 (11.5)

200 (88.5)

0.871 (0.026)

9 (4.0)

217 (96.0)

0.001 (10.405)

201 (88.9)

25 (11.1)

< 0.001 (17.446)

206 (91.2)

20 (8.8)

0.001 (10.854)

 Positive

17 (11.0)

138 (89.0)

20 (12.9)

135 (87.1)

112 (72.3)

43 (27.7)

123 (79.4)

32 (20.6)

Nerve invasion

 Negative

28 (10.7)

233 (89.3)

0.612 (0.258)

18 (6.9)

243 (93.1)

0.438 (0.602)

222 (85.1)

39 (14.9)

0.0290 (4.770)

234 (89.7)

27 (10.3)

0.006 (7.673)

 Positive

15 (12.5)

105 (87.5)

11(9.2)

109 (90.8)

91 (75.8)

29 (24.2)

95 (79.2)

25 (20.8)

Tumor status

 T1+2

10 (8.9)

102 (91.1)

0.377 (0.779)

1 (0.9)

111 (99.1)

0.002 (9.952)

109 (97.3)

3 (2.7)

< 0.001 (24.822)

112 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

< 0.001 (25.663)

 T3+4

33 (12.0)

241 (88.0)

28 (10.2)

246 (89.8)

208 (75.9)

66 (24.1)

220 (80.3)

54 (19.7)

Nodal status

 N0

22 (9.4)

211 (90.6)

0.225 (1.472)

7 (3.0)

226 (97.0)

< 0.001 (16.454)

213 (91.4)

20 (8.6)

< 0.001 (31.590)

221 (94.8)

12 (5.2)

< 0.001 (34.726)

 N1+2

20 (13.4)

129 (86.6)

21 (14.1)

128 (85.9)

103 (69.1)

46 (30.9)

110 (73.8)

39 (26.2)

Metastasis status

 M0

35 (10.3)

306 (89.7)

0.188 (1.734)

23 (6.7)

318 (93.3)

0.206 (1.601)

292 (85.6)

49 (14.4)

< 0.001 (22.071)

307 (90.0)

34 (10.0)

< 0.001 (35.834)

 M1

7 (17.1)

34 (82.9)

5 (12.2)

36 (87.8)

23 (56.1)

18 (43.9)

23 (56.1)

18 (43.9)

Disease stage

 I + II

21 (9.3)

205 (90.7)

0.170 (1.881)

8 (3.5)

218 (96.5)

< 0.001 (12.387)

207 (91.6)

19 (8.4)

< 0.001 (33.297)

215 (95.1)

11 (4.9)

< 0.001 (37.708)

 III + IV

22 (13.8)

138 (86.3)

21 (13.1)

139 (86.9)

110 (68.8)

50 (31.3)

117 (73.1)

43 (26.9)

  1. The bold in the table means statistically significant (P < 0.05). The chi-square test was used to compare TEG parameters between each variable
  2. Abbreviations: LR Low TEG-R group, HR High TEG-R group, LK Low TEG-K group; high TEG-K group, Lα Low TEG-α-angle group, Hα High TEG-α-angle group, LMA Low TEG-MA group, HMA High TEG-MA group