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Table 9 CSS 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 53.8 (51.7–55.3) 56.2 (50.1–57.1) 0.775 (0.355–1.691) 0.521
Sex Male 53.2 (50.7–55.3) 55.9 (54.4–57.1) 0.748 (0.259–2.164) 0.591 0.805
Female 54.5 (51.3–56.5) 56.8 (55.0–58.0) 0.819 (0.260–2.585) 0.733  
Age (years) ≤55 54.3 (47.9–57.4) 56.3 (54.2–57.7) 0.384 (0.074–1.999) 0.237 0.371
56–60 55.4 (47.4–58.5) 56.8 (54.2–58.3) 2.720 (0.001–16.94) 0.510  
61–65 53.3 (46.5–57.0) 55.7 (52.8–57.4) 1.375 (0.159–11.91) 0.772  
66–70 53.2 (48.2–56.3) 57.3 (53.7–58.8) 0.015 (0.001–19.84) 0.023  
> 70 53.6 (50.6–55.8) 54.6 (50.0–57.2) 2.409 (0.486–11.96) 0.266  
Size (cm) ≤5.0 54.0 (51.3–55.9) 56.1 (54.6–57.2) 1.089 (0.364–3.259) 0.878 0.294
> 5.0 53.7 (50.4–55.8) 56.3 (54.4–57.5) 0.554 (0.178–1.721) 0.300  
Differentiation Well-moderate 53.9 (51.9–55.4) 56.3 (55.1–57.2) 0.777 (0.332–1.822) 0.561 0.669
Poor 52.0 (43.1–56.2) 54.7 (47.5–58.1) 0.894 (0.125–6.367) 0.911  
T category 3 56.4 (54.1–58.0) 57.6 (55.4–58.7) 0.827 (0.137–4.990) 0.836 0.616
4 51.8 (48.7–54.0) 55.6 (54.2–56.7) 0.717 (0.302–1.705) 0.450  
CEAd (ng/mL) < 5 54.6 (51.9–56.6) 56.8 (55.3–57.8) 0.721 (0.228–2.280) 0.576 0.663
≥5 53.5 (50.2–55.7) 55.1 (52.6–56.8) 1.047 (0.294–3.726) 0.944  
Examined lymph nodes < 12 52.0 (47.8–54.9) 53.6 (50.4–55.7) 0.857 (0.245–2.996) 0.809 0.962
≥12 54.4 (52.2–56.1) 57.1 (55.9–57.9) 0.860 (0.311–2.376) 0.771  
PLRe ≤130 56.0 (53.7–57.6) 56.0 (54.4–57.1) 1.443 (0.381–5.464) 0.587 0.245
> 130 51.3 (48.2–53.8) 56.5 (54.9–57.8) 0.506 (0.183–1.397) 0.180  
  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