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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analyses to identify preoperative predictors of peritoneal metastasis

From: The neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of peritoneal metastasis during staging laparoscopy for advanced gastric cancer: a retrospective cohort analysis

 

Univariate analyses

Multivariate analyses

Odds ratio

P value

Odds ratio

P value

Age (> 70 years old)

2.2

0.27

  

Gender (male)

0.5

0.28

  

BMI (< 20)

2.2

0.28

  

White blood cell (> 7000/μl)

0.6

0.51

  

NLR (> 3.5)

25.5

< 0.0001

25.9

0.0006

Platelet count (< 30 × 104/μl)

1.2

0.83

  

Hemoglobin (< 12 g/dl)

1.7

0.43

  

CRP (> 1 mg/dl)

4.2

0.21

  

Total protein (< 6.5 g/dl)

4.7

0.03

7.8

0.08

Albumin (< 3.5 g/dl)

5.1

0.04

2.8

0.53

Cholinesterase (< 240 U/l)

1.1

0.88

  

CEA (> 5 ng/ml)

1.1

0.93

  

CA19-9 (> 37 U/ml)

2.2

0.28

  

CA125 (> 35 U/ml)

3.9

0.12

  

Type 4 or diffuse type 3

6.3

0.02

5.6

0.13

T4a

2.5

0.30

  

N2 ≦a

0.35

0.13

  

Stage IVa

2.2

0.29

  
  1. BMI, Body mass index; NLR, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio; CRP, C-reactive protein; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; CA19-9, carbohydrate antigen 19-9; CA125, carbohydrate antigen 125
  2. a7th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) [13]