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Table 10 CSS analysis for patients with rectal cancer

From: The platelet to lymphocyte ratio is a potential inflammatory marker predicting the effects of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with stage II colorectal cancer

Characteristics

 

RMSTb (95%CI)

HRc (95%CI)

P valuea

Interaction p

Non-chemotherapy

Chemotherapy

Total

–

53.8 (51.7–55.3)

56.2 (50.1–57.1)

0.586 (0.311–1.105)

0.094

–

Sex

Male

53.2 (50.7–55.3)

55.9 (54.4–57.1)

0.515 (0.251–1.056)

0.065

0.488

Female

54.5 (51.3–56.5)

56.8 (55.0–58.0)

0.989 (0.245–3.983)

0.987

 

Age (years)

≤55

54.3 (47.9–57.4)

56.3 (54.2–57.7)

0.965 (0.205–4.548)

0.964

0.630

56–60

55.4 (47.4–58.5)

56.8 (54.2–58.3)

0.463 (0.085–2.527)

0.362

 

61–65

53.3 (46.5–57.0)

55.7 (52.8–57.4)

0.466 (0.109–1.985)

0.290

 

66–70

53.2 (48.2–56.3)

57.3 (53.7–58.8)

0.329 (0.046–2.369)

0.246

 

> 70

53.6 (50.6–55.8)

54.6 (50.0–57.2)

0.833 (0.221–3.143)

0.787

 

Size (cm)

≤5.0

54.0 (51.3–55.9)

56.1 (54.6–57.2)

0.575 (0.261–1.269)

0.165

0.342

> 5.0

53.7 (50.4–55.8)

56.3 (54.4–57.5)

0.711 (0.232–2.177)

0.549

 

Differentiation

Well-moderate

53.9 (51.9–55.4)

56.3 (55.1–57.2)

0.608 (0.313–1.180)

0.137

0.900

Poor

52.0 (43.1–56.2)

54.7 (47.5–58.1)

0.372 (0.033–4.146)

0.403

 

T category

3

56.4 (54.1–58.0)

57.6 (55.4–58.7)

0.792 (0.255–2.456)

0.685

0.376

4

51.8 (48.7–54.0)

55.6 (54.2–56.7)

0.465 (0.215–1.003)

0.046

 

CEAd (ng/mL)

< 5

54.6 (51.9–56.6)

56.8 (55.3–57.8)

0.792 (0.312–2.013)

0.624

0.681

≥5

53.5 (50.2–55.7)

55.1 (52.6–56.8)

0.457 (0.153–1.366)

0.151

 

Examined lymph nodes

< 12

52.0 (47.8–54.9)

53.6 (50.4–55.7)

0.950 (0.324–2.786)

0.926

0.249

≥12

54.4 (52.2–56.1)

57.1 (55.9–57.9)

0.444 (0.199–0.990)

0.041

 

PLRe

≤130

56.0 (53.7–57.6)

56.0 (54.4–57.1)

0.833 (0.352–1.967)

0.676

0.202

> 130

51.3 (48.2–53.8)

56.5 (54.9–57.8)

0.360 (0.134–0.969)

0.035

 
  1. a P value of the log-rank test
  2. b RMST: the restricted mean survival time
  3. c HR: Hazard Ratio, chemotherapy patients vs. non-chemotherapy patients
  4. d CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen
  5. e PLR: platelet to lymphocyte ratio