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Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients in the primary and validation cohort

From: Development and validation of a risk prediction score for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Characteristic

Primary cohort

Validation cohort

n = (363)

No. (%) or

Mean ± sd

n = (156)

No. (%) or

Mean ± sd

Gender

 Male

209 (57.57%)

92 (58.97%)

 Female

154 (42.43%)

64 (41.03%)

Age (years)

46.05 ± 10.87

46.87 ± 11.58

Smoking

 No

277 (76.31%)

123 (78.85%)

 Yes

86 (23.69%)

33 (21.15%)

Family history

 Yes

87 (23.97%)

50 (32.05%)

 No

276 (76.03%)

106 (77.95%)

BMI (kg/m2)

23.17 ± 6.74

22.96 ± 3.37

TNM stagea

 I

11 (3.03%)

6 (3.85%)

 II

47 (12.95%)

22 (14.10%)

 III

179 (49.31%)

69 (44.23%)

 IV

126 (34.71%)

59 (37.82%)

Treatment

 Radiotherapy

300 (82.64%)

129 (82.69%)

 Chemotherapy

63 (17.36%)

27 (17.31%)

WBC (109/L)

7.03 ± 3.33

7.04 ± 3.32

Neutrophils (109/L)

4.55 ± 2.87

4.35 ± 2.25

Lymphocyte (109/L)

1.71 ± 0.73

1.65 ± 0.81

Monocyte (109/L)

0.47 ± 0.24

0.43 ± 1.20

Platelet (109/L)

225.02 ± 69.18

214 ± 67.46

HGB (g/L)

136.63 ± 15.84

137.38 ± 15.62

NLR

3.33 ± 3.82

3.34 ± 2.87

dNLR

2.30 ± 2.28

2.48 ± 4.13

LMR

4.67 ± 4.59

4.58 ± 3.49

PLR

157.39 ± 89.41

156.89 ± 86.88

SII

757.39 ± 822.18

719.40 ± 692.30

TP (g/L)

73.28 ± 5.89

75.56 ± 5.24

ALB (g/L)

43.40 ± 3.29

43.17 ± 3.23

GLOB (g/L)

29.88 ± 4.67

29.39 ± 4.50

AGR

1.49 ± 0.24

1.50 ± 0.26

CRP (mg/L)

4.69 ± 9.93

5.42 ± 9.81

CAR

0.11 ± 0.26

0.13 ± 0.27

APOA (g/L)

1.31 ± 0.25

1.32 ± 0.27

APOB (g/L)

0.99 ± 0.24

0.98 ± 0.25

ABR

1.40 ± 0.42

1.42 ± 0.47

LDH (U/L)

174.47 ± 54.26

176.76 ± 119.25

HDL (U/L)

1.23 ± 0.31

1.221 ± 0.31

EBV DNA (copy/mL)

 < 103

167 (48.8%)

72 (40.5%)

 103–9999

77 (20.8%)

31 (20.8%)

 104–99,999

66 (16.8%)

31 (22.5%)

 105–999,999

36 (8.4%)

10 (9.8%)

 ≥ 106

17 (5.2%)

12 (6.4%)

VCA-IgA

 < 1:80

59 (17.1%)

28 (16.2%)

 1:80–1:320

221 (60.1%)

93 (61.3%)

 ≥ 1:640

83 (22.8%)

35 (22.5%)

EA-IgA

 < 1:10

111 (30.6%)

51 (28.3%)

 1:10–1:20

121 (33.3%)

49 (34.7%)

 ≥ 1:40

131 (36.1%)

56 (37.0%)

PNI

51.94 ± 5.09

51.4 ± 5.17

PI

 0

297 (81.82%)

119 (76.28%)

 1

59 (16.25%)

35 (22.44%)

 2

7 (1.93%)

2 (1.28%)

  1. aTNM stage was classified according to the AJCC 8th TNM staging system
  2. BMI: body mass index; TNM: Tumor Node Metastasis stage; WBC: white blood cell; HGB: hemoglobin; NLR: neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio; dNLR: neutrophil/WBC-neutrophil ratio; LMR: lymphocyte/monocyte ratio; PLR: platelet/lymphocyte ratio; SII: systemic immune-inflammation index; TP: total protein; ALB: albumin; GLOB: globulin; AGR: ALB/GLOB ratio; CRP: C-reactive protein; CAR: C-reactive protein/albumin ratio; APOA: apolipoprotein AI; APOB: apolipoprotein B; ABR: APOA/APOB ratio; LDH: lactic dehydrogenase; HDL: high density lipoprotein; EBV: Epstein-Barr virus; VCA-IgA: viral capsid antigen specific immunoglobulin A; EA-IgA: early antigen immunoglobulin A; PNI: prognostic nutritional index; PI: prognostic index