Characteristics | All patients | Training cohort | Validation cohort | P |
---|---|---|---|---|
No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | ||
Total | 1635 | 1227 | 408 | Â |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | 0.979 |
 Male | 1189 (72.7) | 893 (72.8) | 296 (72.6) |  |
 Female | 446 (27.3) | 334 (27.2) | 112 (27.5) |  |
Age (mean (SD)) | 51.72 (11.0) | 51.62 (11.2) | 52.027 (10.5) | 0.513 |
Ethnic | Â | Â | Â | 0.694 |
 Han | 1414 (86.5) | 1064 (86.7) | 350 (85.8) |  |
 Others | 221 (13.5) | 163 (13.3) | 58 (14.2) |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | 0.464 |
 Married | 1507 (92.2) | 1127 (91.9) | 380 (93.1) |  |
 Others | 128 (7.8) | 100 (8.2) | 28 (6.9) |  |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | 0.101 |
 Worker/clerk | 289 (17.7) | 226 (18.4) | 63 (15.4) |  |
 Self-employed/unemployed | 598 (36.6) | 447 (36.4) | 151 (37.0) |  |
 Professional and technical Personnel | 141 (8.6) | 114 (9.3) | 27 (6.6) |  |
 Others | 607 (37.1) | 440 (35.9) | 167 (40.9) |  |
Stage | Â | Â | Â | 0.610 |
 I–II | 262 (16.0) | 203 (16.5) | 59 (14.5) |  |
 III | 673 (41.2) | 502 (40.9) | 171 (41.9) |  |
 IV | 700 (42.8) | 522 (42.5) | 178 (43.6) |  |
Pathological | Â | Â | Â | 0.427 |
 Non-keratinizing differentiation | 953 (58.3) | 720 (58.7) | 233 (57.1) |  |
 Non-keratinized undifferentiated | 660 (40.4) | 493 (40.2) | 167 (40.9) |  |
 Keratinized squamous cell carcinoma and others | 22 (1.4) | 14 (1.1) | 8 (2.0) |  |
Transfer | Â | Â | Â | 0.850 |
 No | 1493 (91.3) | 1119 (91.2) | 374 (91.7) |  |
 Yes | 142 (8.7) | 108 (8.8) | 34 (8.3) |  |
Radiotherapy | Â | Â | Â | 0.321 |
 No | 681 (41.7) | 502 (40.9) | 179 (43.9) |  |
 Yes | 954 (58.4) | 725 (59.1) | 229 (56.1) |  |
Chemical therapy | Â | Â | Â | 0.184 |
 No | 622 (38.0) | 455 (37.1) | 167 (40.9) |  |
 Yes | 1013 (62.0) | 772 (62.9) | 241 (59.1) |  |
Targeted therapy | Â | Â | Â | 0.163 |
 No | 1197 (73.2) | 887 (72.3) | 310 (76.0) |  |
 Yes | 438 (26.8) | 340 (27.7) | 98 (24.0) |  |
EBV | Â | Â | Â | 0.659 |
  < 1000 | 923 (56.5) | 697 (56.8) | 226 (55.4) |  |
  ≥ 1000 | 712 (43.6) | 530 (43.2) | 182 (44.6) |  |
BQ | Â | Â | Â | 1.000 |
  ≤ 0.13 | 178 (10.9) | 134 (10.9) | 44 (10.8) |  |
  > 0.13 | 1457 (89.1) | 1093 (89.1) | 364 (89.2) |  |
LAR | Â | Â | Â | 0.521 |
  ≤ 6.15 | 1438 (88.0) | 1075 (87.6) | 363 (89.0) |  |
  > 6.15 | 197 (12.1) | 152 (12.4) | 45 (11.0) |  |
NLR | Â | Â | Â | 0.744 |
  ≤ 4.84 | 1444 (88.3) | 1086 (88.5) | 358 (87.8) |  |
  > 4.84 | 191 (11.7) | 141 (11.5) | 50 (12.3) |  |
PLR | Â | Â | Â | 0.633 |
  ≤ 206.33 | 1290 (78.9) | 972 (79.2) | 318 (77.9) |  |
  > 206.33 | 345 (21.1) | 255 (20.8) | 90 (22.1) |  |