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Table 1 Characteristics of patients in irAE and non-irAE groups

From: Are anti-PD-1-associated immune related adverse events a harbinger of favorable clinical prognosis in patients with gastric cancer?

 

Total No. (%)

non-irAE No. (%)

irAE No. (%)

p-value

Total N

74

50

24

 

Gender

 female

23 (31.1)

12 (24.0)

11 (45.8)

0.067

 male

51 (68.9)

38 (76.0)

13 (54.2)

 

Age

  < 65

41 (55.4)

26 (52.0)

15 (62.5)

0.460

  ≥ 65

33 (44.6)

24 (48.0)

9 (37.5)

 

ECOG PS

 0

11 (14.9)

5 (10.0)

6 (25.0)

0.159

  ≥ 1

63 (85.1)

45 (90.0)

18 (75.0)

 

Treatment Line

 1–2

25 (33.8)

12 (24.0)

13 (54.2)

0.017

 3–4

49 (66.2)

38 (76.0)

11 (45.8)

 

Number of Metastatic Sites

  < 2

66 (89.2)

46 (92.0)

20 (83.3)

0.424

  ≥ 2

8 (10.8)

4 (8.0)

4 (16.7)

 

Histologic Type

 non-adenocarcinoma

5 (6.8)

3 (6.0)

2 (8.3)

0.657

 adenocarcinoma

69 (93.2)

47 (94.0)

22 (91.7)

 

HER2 Status

 negative

66 (89.2)

44 (88.0)

22 (91.7)

1.000

 positive

8 (10.8)

6 (12.0)

2 (8.3)

 

Disease Status

 stage III

29 (39.2)

20 (40.0)

9 (37.5)

0.757

 Stage IV

33 (44.6)

23 (46.0)

10 (41.7)

 

 recurrence

12 (16.2)

7 (14.0)

5 (20.8)

 

ALP

 low

41 (55.4)

27 (54.0)

14 (58.3)

0.805

 high

33 (44.6)

23 (46.0)

10 (41.7)

 

NLR

 low (< 4)

49 (66.2)

38 (76.0)

11 (45.8)

0.017

 high (≥ 4)

25 (33.8)

12 (24.0)

13 (54.2)

 

Clinical Baseline Value (Median (IQR))

 WBC

5.82 (4.17, 7.20)

5.62 (4.17, 6.56)

6.56 (4.23, 8.00)

0.145

 Neutrophil

3.45 (3.09, 5.13)

3.45 (3.09, 5.03)

5.03 (2.81, 6.72)

0.282

 Lymphocyte

0.88 (0.75, 1.34)

1.01 (0.84, 1.76)

0.85 (0.74, 0.96)

0.049

 NLR

3.77 (2.57, 4.98)

3.68 (2.57, 3.93)

4.98 (3.26, 7.56)

0.081

 Plt

188.00 (135.25, 257.50)

196.50 (90.00, 262.00)

188.00 (148.00, 234.00)

0.826

 Hemoglobin

109.00 (101.00, 124.28)

114.00 (107.50, 131.68)

92.00 (76.00, 103.00)

0.001

  1. Abbreviations: ECOG PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, NLR Neutrophilto-lymphocyte ratio, ALP Alkaline phosphatase, WBC White blood cell, Plt Platelet; non-adenocarcinoma, including undifferentiated carcinoma (n = 2), adeno-squamous carcinoma (n = 2) and squamous carcinoma (n = 1)