Table 4 Points for categorical variables in nomograms
From: Nomograms to predict survival after colorectal cancer resection without preoperative therapy
| Â | Â | Points | Â |
|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Labels for tick marks | CSS | OS |
Sex | |||
 Female | Female | 0 | 0 |
 Male | Male | 7.5 | 9.2 |
Race | |||
 White | White | 13.8 | 14.1 |
 Black | Black | 24.1 | 21.4 |
 Yellow (Chinese, Korean and Japanese) | Yellow | 0 | 0 |
 Other | Other | 15.5 | 13.9 |
Marital status at diagnosis | |||
 Married (including separated) | Mar | 0 | 0 |
 Divorced | Div | 9.2 | 8.1 |
 Single (never married) | Sin | 11.9 | 10.2 |
 Widowed | Wid | 9.8 | 8.4 |
 Unknown | Uk | 0.8 | 5.7 |
CEA status | |||
 Negative | Negative | 0 | 0 |
 Positive | Positive | 26.2 | 16.6 |
Tumor site | |||
 Proximal colon (cecum to splenic flexure) | Pc | 5.4 | 3.6 |
 Distal colon (descending to sigmoid colon) | Dc | 0 | 0 |
 Overlapping lesion of colon | Oc | 10.3 | 8.0 |
 Rectum (including rectosigmoid junction) | Rect | 5.5 | 2.8 |
Tumor size | |||
 ≤5 cm | 0–5 | 0 | 0 |
 >5 cm | 5+ | 1.6 | 1.1 |
 Unknown | Uk | 7.5 | 3.0 |
Extent of surgery | |||
 Local/segmental resection | Loc/Seg | 0 | 0 |
 Subtotal/hemisection | Partial | 3.7 | 1.6 |
 Total resection | Total | 13.5 | 6.9 |
Histology | |||
 Adenocarcinoma | Adeno | 0 | 0 |
 Signet ring cell carcinoma | Signet | 19.4 | 13.5 |
Tumor grade | |||
 Well to Moderately differentiated (G1 + G2) | G1/2 | 0 | 0 |
 Poorly to Undifferentiated (G3 + G4) | G3/4 | 13.9 | 7.1 |
 Unknown | Uk | 7.6 | 2.0 |
pT stage | |||
 pT1 | T1 | 0 | 0 |
 pT2 | T2 | 25.5 | 14.0 |
 pT3 | T3 | 61.3 | 24.5 |
 pT4a | T4a | 84.3 | 38.4 |
 pT4b | T4b | 88.4 | 42.2 |
Metastasis | |||
 M0 | M0 | 0 | 0 |
 M1 | M1 | 79.6 | 50.6 |