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Table 1 Comparisons of baseline demographic, clinical and clinicopathologic characteristics between the derivation and validation groups

From: Prediction of three lipid derivatives for postoperative gastric cancer mortality: the Fujian prospective investigation of cancer (FIESTA) study

Characteristics

Derivation group

Validation group

P

Number

1506

1506

 

Age (years)

58.47 (11.09)

58.76 (11.30)

0.503

Males

72.78% (1096)

75.9% (1143)

0.051

Ever smokers

18.39% (277)

18.53% (279)

0.925

Ever drinkers

5.84% (88)

5.31% (80)

0.525

Family cancer history (+)

8.43% (127)

8.7% (131)

0.795

Body mass index (kg/m2)

22.72 (3.14)

22.91 (3.01)

0.104

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

124.16 (19.03)

124.84 (19.92)

0.353

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

76.85 (11.37)

77.43 (11.51)

0.179

Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)

6.21 (2.48)

6.19 (2.43)

0.853

AI

3.95 (2.28)

3.88 (1.93)

0.209

THR

1.41 (1.47)

1.36 (1.27)

0.339

LHR

3.30 (1.79)

3.28 (1.56)

0.505

TNM stage

  

0.122

 I

12.44% (177)

11.76% (167)

 

 II

15.95% (227)

13.87% (197)

 

 III

54.67% (778)

59.01% (838)

 

 IV

16.94% (241)

15.35% (218)

 

Lauren’s classification

  

0.551

 Intestinal type

39.77% (552)

38.04% (528)

 

 Diffuse type

60.23% (836)

61.96% (860)

 

Tumor embolus

  

0.976

 Positive

39.01% (541)

38.95% (541)

 

 Negative

60.99% (846)

61.05% (848)

 

Tumor size (cm)

5.55 (2.85); 5 (3.5, 7)

5.66 (3.13); 5 (3.5, 7)

0.337

Number of lymph node metastasis

5.60 (6.91); 3 (0, 8)

5.70 (7.10); 3 (0, 8)

0.724

  1. Data are represented as mean (standard deviation) or median (interquartile range) or percentage (count)
  2. Abbreviations: AI atherogenic index, THR the triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, LHR the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, TNM tumor-node-metastasis