Table 3 Relationship between the pre-albumin and clinicopathologic characteristics

Gender

0.260

 Male

22

58

 Female

7

14

Age (years)

0.565

 <60

4

19

 ≥60

25

53

BMI (kg/m²)

0.084

 <18.5

7

2

 18.5 ≤ < 23

13

38

 23≤

9

32

Hemoglobin (g/L)

0.014*

 <120

17

24

 ≥120

12

48

Albumin (g/L)

0.052

 <40

14

13

 ≥40

15

59

PNI

0.011*

 <51

20

34

 ≥51

9

38

Differentiation grade

0.044*

 Poor

20

49

 Well

9

23

Tumor location

0.632

 Siewert II

1

5

 Siewert III

28

67

Tumor size (cm)

0.004*

 <5

14

50

 ≥5

15

22

TNM stage

<0.001*

 I, II

10

34

 III, IV

19

38