Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2025.
World J Gastrointest Oncol. May 15, 2025; 17(5): 102459
Published online May 15, 2025. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v17.i5.102459
Table 1 Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics of patients in the training and validation cohorts, n (%)
Variables
Total cohort (n = 1662)
Training cohort (n = 1163)
Validation cohort (n = 499)
P value
Age (yeas)0.281
    < 60445 (26.77)313 (26.91)132 (26.45)
    60-75838 (50.42)597 (51.33)241 (48.30)
    > 75379 (22.80)253 (21.75)126 (25.25)
Sex0.062
    Female803 (48.32)544 (46.78)259 (51.90)
    Male859 (51.68)619 (53.22)240 (48.10)
Race0.191
    White1326 (79.78)937 (80.57)389 (77.96)
    Black172 (10.35)110 (9.46)62 (12.42)
    Other164 (9.87)116 (9.97)48 (9.62)
Marital status0.935
    Married895 (53.85)630 (54.17)265 (53.11)
    Unmarried273 (16.43)189 (16.25)84 (16.83)
    Divorced429 (25.81)297 (25.54)132 (26.45)
    Unknown65 (3.91)47 (4.04)18 (3.61)
Tumor location0.806
    Head621 (37.36)426 (36.63)195 (39.08)
    Body258 (15.52)182 (15.65)76 (15.23)
    Tail334 (20.10)235 (20.21)99 (19.84)
    Other449 (27.02)320 (27.52)129 (25.85)
T stage0.174
    T1/T2411 (24.73)303 (26.05)108 (21.64)
    T3575 (34.60)386 (33.19)189 (37.88)
    T4337 (20.28)236 (20.29)101 (20.24)
    TX339 (20.40)238 (20.46)101 (20.24)
N stage0.833
    N0781 (46.99)547 (47.03)234 (46.89)
    N1599 (36.04)415 (35.68)184 (36.87)
    NX282 (16.97)201 (17.28)81 (16.23)
Grade0.701
    Grade I/II296 (17.81)204 (17.54)92 (18.44)
    Grade III/IV292 (17.57)200 (17.20)92 (18.44)
    Unknown1074 (64.62)759 (65.26)315 (63.13)
Surgery0.672
    No1482 (89.17)1040 (89.42)442 (88.58)
    Yes180 (10.83)123 (10.58)57 (11.42)
Chemotherapy0.706
    No686 (41.28)484 (41.62)202 (40.48)
    Yes976 (58.72)679 (58.38)297 (59.52)
Radiotherapy0.822
    No1557 (93.68)1088 (93.55)469 (93.99)
    Yes105 (6.32)75 (6.45)30 (6.01)
Bone metastasis0.172
    No1549 (93.20)1077 (92.61)472 (94.59)
    Yes113 (6.80)86 (7.39)27 (5.41)
Liver metastasis0.384
    No615 (37.00)422 (36.29)193 (38.68)
    Yes1047 (63.00)741 (63.71)306 (61.32)
Lung metastasis0.462
    No1278 (76.90)888 (76.35)390 (78.16)
    Yes384 (23.10)275 (23.65)109 (21.84)