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Table 1 Relationship between demographic and clinicopathologic characteristics and FARI in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

From: Fibrinogen/albumin ratio index is an independent predictor of recurrence-free survival in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma following surgical resection

Characteristic

Total (n = 394)

FARI-high (n = 168)

FARI-low (n = 226)

P value

Age in years, median (IQR)

59 (50–65)

60 (52–65)

58 (49–65.8)

0.577

Male sex

191 (48.5)

82 (48.8)

109 (48.2)

0.909

HBsAg positive

94 (23.9)

35 (20.8)

59 (26.1)

0.206

Ascites

51 (12.9)

25 (14.9)

26 (11.5)

0.323

TBIL [μmol/l], mean (SD)

19.2 (39.3)

24.0 (57.7)

15.6 (14.1)

0.022

ALP [U/l], mean (SD)

148.7 (142.2)

191.0 (185.2)

117.3 (87.1)

< 0.001

ALB [g/l], mean (SD)

42.1 (4.3)

39.9 (4.5)

43.7 (3.3)

< 0.001

CA19-9

 < 22

113 (28.7)

38 (25.6)

75 (33.2)

0.022

 ≥ 22

281 (71.3)

130 (74.4)

151 (66.8)

Tumor size

 ≤ 5 cm

148 (37.6)

42 (25)

89 (39.4)

0.003

 > 5 cm

246 (62.4)

126 (75)

137 (60.6)

Solitary tumor

291 (73.9)

117 (69.6)

174 (76.9)

0.533

Macrovascular invasion

60 (15.2)

30 (17.9)

30 (17.9)

0.211

Microvascular invasion

46 (11.7)

19 (11.3)

27 (16.1)

0.846

Cirrhosis

38 (9.6)

17 (10.1)

21 (12.5)

0.735

Tumor differentiation

 Poor

287 (72.8)

129 (76.8)

158 (69.9)

0.129

 Moderate/well

107 (27.2)

39 (23.2)

68 (30.1)

NLR

 High

268 (68.0)

141 (62.4)

127 (75.6)

< 0.001

 Low

126 (31.9)

27 (11.9)

99 (58.9)

GLR

 High

191 (48.5)

100 (44.2)

91 (54.2)

< 0.001

 Low

203 (51.5)

68 (30.1)

135 (80.4)

AAPR

 High

169 (42.9)

32 (12.2)

137 (81.5)

< 0.001

 Low

225 (57.1)

136 (60.2)

89 (52.9)

  1. Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated
  2. Abbreviations: AAPR albumin-to-alkaline phosphatase ratio, ALB albumin, ALP alkaline phosphatase, CA19-9 carbohydrate antigen 19-9, FARI fibrinogen/albumin ratio index, GLR γ-glutamyltransferase-to-lymphocyte ratio, HBsAg hepatitis B surface antigen, IQR interquartile range, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, SD standard deviation, TBIL total bilirubin