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Table 1 The patient characteristics

From: The prognostic significance of a postoperative systemic inflammatory response in patients with colorectal cancer

Gender

 

 Male

139

 Female

115

Age (years)

 

 Median (range)

66 (26–86)

Location of primary tumor

 

 Colon

131

 Rectum

123

Tumor depth

 

 T1-3

176

 T4

77

Histological type

 

 Well, moderately

234

 Poorly, mucinous

19

Lymphatic involvement

 

 Negative

47

 Positive

184

Venous involvement

 

 Negative

170

 Positive

68

Number of lymph node metastases

 

 0

85

 1–3

116

 ≥4

53

Stage

 

 II

85

 III

169

Regimen of chemotherapy

 

 Oral 5-FU monotherapy

178

 CapeOX

19

 FOLFOX

11

 None

46

Median value of indicators of the preoperative systemic inflammatory response (range)

 

 NLR

2.26 (0.87–10.24)

 CRP (mg/dl)

0.11 (0.01–13.99)

Preoperative serum albumin level (g/dl)

 

 Median (range)

4.1 (2.6–4.8)

Median value of indicators of the postoperative systemic inflammatory response (range)

 

 NLR

1.82 (0.18–10.11)

 CRP (mg/dl)

0.09 (0.01–17.09)

Postoperative serum albumin level (g/dl)

 

 Median (range)

4.0 (3.0–4.7)

The number of days from operation until the first visit after leaving the hospital

 

 Median (interquartile range)

29 (23–36)

  1. 5-FU 5-fluorouracil, CapeOX capecitabine plus oxaliplatin, FOLFOX 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin plus oxaliplatin, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, CRP C-reactive protein