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Table 7 OS analysis for patients after PSM

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 53.3 (50.9–55.2) 56.0 (54.0–57.4) 0.584 (0.333–1.025) 0.058
Sex Male 52.0 (48.1–54.6) 55.9 (53.2–57.6) 0.487 (0.240–0.991) 0.042 0.157
Female 55.0 (50.7–57.2) 56.1 (52.8–58.0) 0.787 (0.310–2.003) 0.615  
Age (years) ≤55 53.8 (46.6–57.2) 56.6 (50.7–59.0) 0.536 (0.128–2.251) 0.386 0.574
56–60 54.6 (45.6–58.2) 57.1 (48.8–59.2) 0.584 (0.097–3.499) 0.551  
61–65 53.2 (45.7–57.0) 55.6 (49.8–58.3) 0.641 (0.171–2.403) 0.505  
66–70 54.2 (47.2–57.3) 57.5 (52.6–59.1) 0.392 (0.098–1.576) 0.170  
> 70 52.0 (46.9–55.2) 53.9 (49.1–56.9) 0.748 (0.305–1.830) 0.522  
Location Rectum 52.4 (48.6–55.0) 54.6 (51.2–56.8) 0.725 (0.366–1.435) 0.353 0.283
Colon 54.5 (50.6–56.9) 57.5 (54.9–58.9) 0.428 (0.158–1.163) 0.086  
Size (cm) ≤5.0 54.3 (50.8–56.6) 56.7 (54.0–58.1) 0.548 (0.236–1.269) 0.153 0.165
> 5.0 52.6 (48.6–55.4) 55.1 (51.8–57.3) 0.672 (0.312–1.449) 0.307  
Differentiation Well-moderate 53.5 (50.8–55.4) 56.1 (54.0–57.5) 0.570 (0.315–1.031) 0.059 0.702
Poor 50.5 (36.8–56.9) 53.8 (39.9–58.2) 0.711 (0.117–4.339) 0.708  
T category 3 58.1 (54.7–59.3) 57.3 (54.2–58.9) 1.439 (0.342–6.045) 0.618 0.072
4 50.9 (47.1–53.4) 55.2 (52.1–57.0) 0.501 (0.267–0.939) 0.027  
CEAd (ng/mL) < 5 55.2 (51.8–57.1) 57.3 (54.4–58.7) 0.557 (0.219–1.414) 0.211 0.790
≥5 52.4 (46.8–55.7) 55.0 (51.0–57.4) 0.641 (0.265–1.552) 0.320  
Examined lymph nodes < 12 50.7 (44.5–54.8) 51.7 (46.5–55.1) 0.898 (0.381–2.118) 0.806 0.322
≥12 54.1 (51.4–56.0) 57.5 (55.5–58.7) 0.404 (0.185–0.882) 0.018  
PLRe ≤130 55.3 (51.8–57.4) 54.9 (52.0–56.8) 1.080 (0.495–2.355) 0.847 0.038
> 130 51.3 (47.2–54.2) 57.6 (54.2–59.0) 0.272 (0.102–0.726) 0.005  
  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