Significance of serum APE1-AAbs, PTX-3, and miR-486-3p in patients with colorectal cancer undergoing radical surgery

Table 3 Variable assignment table of multivariate regression analysis

Independent variable	Assignment method
Age, years	< 60 = 0; ≥ 60 = 1
Lymph node metastasis	No = 0; Yes = 1
TNM pathological stage	Stage I-II = 0; Stage III = 1
Tumor differentiation	Moderate-high differentiation = 0; Low differentiation = 1
Tumor diameter, cm	< 5 = 0; ≥ 5 = 1
PT	Original value
CEA	Original value
CA19-9	Original value
APE1-AAbs	Original value
PTX-3	Original value
MiR-486-3p	Original value

TNM: Tumor-node-metastasis; PT: Platelet count; CEA: Carcinoembryonic antigen; CA19-9: Carbohydrate antigen 19-9; APE1-AAbs: Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 autoantibodies; PTX-3: Peripheral pentraxin-3.