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Table 4 OS analysis for patients with colon 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 55.2 (52.8–57.0) 56.9 (55.2–58.0) 0.612 (0.321–1.168) 0.132
Sex Male 55.0 (51.1–57.2) 56.7 (54.3–58.2) 0.636 (0.269–1.502) 0.298 0.887
Female 55.4 (51.1–57.7) 57.2 (54.5–58.6) 0.599 (0.225–1.599) 0.301  
Age (years) ≤55 52.0 (40.0–57.2) 57.5 (54.0–58.9) 0.262 (0.062–1.107) 0.050 0.179
56–60 56.0 (38.7–59.5) 57.0 (52.2–58.9) 0.849 (0.095–7.617) 0.884  
61–65 55.4 (43.1–58.8) 55.7 (51.1–57.8) 0.882 (0.176–4.421) 0.879  
66–70 52.9 (45.9–56.5) 0.015 (0.001–10.71) 0.014  
> 70 56.8 (53.0–58.5) 54.9 (47.8–58.0) 1.569 (0.442–5.569) 0.482  
Size (cm) ≤5.0 55.6 (51.7–57.6) 56.3 (53.7–57.9) 0.849 (0.341–2.114) 0.724 0.254
> 5.0 53.7 (50.5–55.8) 56.3 (54.5–57.5) 0.452 (0.178–1.146) 0.086  
Differentiation Well-moderate 53.9 (52.0–55.4) 56.3 (55.2–57.2) 0.621 (0.310–1.246) 0.175 0.990
Poor 52.0 (43.2–56.6) 54.7 (46.8–57.8) 0.594 (0.099–3.561) 0.564  
T category 3 56.4 (53.7–58.0) 57.6 (55.5–58.6) 0.581 (0.116–2.907) 0.504 0.746
4 51.8 (49.2–54.0) 55.6 (54.2–56.8) 0.575 (0.284–1.165) 0.119  
CEAd (ng/mL) < 5 54.6 (51.9–56.4) 56.7 (55.3–57.8) 0.606 (0.219–1.675) 0.329 0.522
≥5 53.5 (50.1–55.7) 55.1 (52.8–56.8) 0.793 (0.305–2.061) 0.633  
Examined lymph nodes < 12 52.0 (47.5–54.9) 53.6 (50.2–55.6) 0.626 (0.216–1.816) 0.383 0.949
≥12 54.5 (52.3–56.0) 57.1 (55.9–57.9) 0.670 (0.293–1.534) 0.340  
PLRe ≤130 56.0 (53.6–57.6) 56.0 (54.3–57.2) 1.093 (0.328–3.647) 0.885 0.276
> 130 51.3 (47.8–53.7) 56.5 (54.8–57.7) 0.464 (0.211–1.024) 0.051  
  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