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Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 14, 2026; 32(30): 119360
Published online Aug 14, 2026. doi: 10.3748/wjg.119360
Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of patients in the training and validation cohorts, n (%)
CharacteristicCohort
P value
Overall (n = 489)
Training cohort (n = 293)
Validation cohort (n = 196)
Gender0.554
Female205 (41.9)126 (43.0)79 (40.3)
Male284 (58.1)167 (57.0)117 (59.7)
Age0.058
< 4548 (9.8)36 (12.3)12 (6.1)
> 60259 (53.0)155 (52.9)104 (53.1)
45-60182 (37.2)102 (34.8)80 (40.8)
BMI0.661
< 18.516 (3.3)11 (3.8)5 (2.6)
> 2859 (12.1)33 (11.3)26 (13.3)
18.5-24211 (43.1)131 (44.7)80 (40.8)
24-28203 (41.5)118 (40.3)85 (43.4)
Smoking0.487
No338 (69.1)206 (70.3)132 (67.3)
Yes151 (30.9)87 (29.7)64 (32.7)
Drink0.026
No400 (81.8)249 (85.0)151 (77.0)
Yes89 (18.2)44 (15.0)45 (23.0)
T stage0.483
T1-2102 (20.9)58 (19.8)44 (22.4)
T3346 (70.8)213 (72.7)133 (67.9)
T441 (8.4)22 (7.5)19 (9.7)
N stage0.634
N0301 (61.6)176 (60.1)125 (63.8)
N1115 (23.5)70 (23.9)45 (23.0)
N273 (14.9)47 (16.0)26 (13.3)
Tumor stage0.477
I88 (18.0)48 (16.4)40 (20.4)
II213 (43.6)128 (43.7)85 (43.4)
III188 (38.4)117 (39.9)71 (36.2)
Differentiated degree0.499
Well25 (5.1)15 (5.1)10 (5.1)
Moderately334 (68.3)194 (66.2)140 (71.4)
Poorly87 (17.8)54 (18.4)33 (16.8)
Undifferentiated43 (8.8)30 (10.2)13 (6.6)
Nerve invasion0.780
No407 (83.2)245 (83.6)162 (82.7)
Yes82 (16.8)48 (16.4)34 (17.3)
Intravascular tumor emboli0.063
No401 (82.0)248 (84.6)153 (78.1)
Yes88 (18.0)45 (15.4)43 (21.9)
CEA0.721
High175 (35.8)103 (35.2)72 (36.7)
Normal314 (64.2)190 (64.8)124 (63.3)
CA19-90.413
High53 (10.8)29 (9.9)24 (12.2)
Normal436 (89.2)264 (90.1)172 (87.8)


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