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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Jul 15, 2026; 18(7): 120785
Published online Jul 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.120785
Published online Jul 15, 2026. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.120785
Table 1 Comparison of clinical characteristics between the training and validation sets, n (%)
| Characteristic | Training set (n = 152) | Validation set (n = 127) | P value |
| Sex | 0.774 | ||
| Male | 103 (67.8) | 84 (66.1) | |
| Female | 49 (32.2) | 43 (33.9) | |
| Age | 0.205 | ||
| < 60 years | 71 (46.7) | 69 (53.4) | |
| ≥ 60 years | 81 (53.3) | 58 (45.7) | |
| Stage | 0.823 | ||
| I-II | 65 (42.8) | 56 (44.1) | |
| III-IV | 87 (57.2) | 71 (55.9) | |
| Hypertension | 0.179 | ||
| No | 113 (74.3) | 103 (81.1) | |
| Yes | 39 (25.7) | 24 (18.9) | |
| Diabetes | 0.543 | ||
| No | 129 (84.9) | 111 (87.4) | |
| Yes | 23 (15.1) | 16 (12.6) | |
| Tumor location | 0.788 | ||
| Cardia | 51 (33.6) | 38 (29.9) | |
| Antrum | 78 (51.3) | 70 (55.1) | |
| Body | 23 (15.1) | 19 (15.0) | |
| Distant metastasis | 0.942 | ||
| No | 94 (61.8) | 78 (61.4) | |
| Yes | 58 (38.2) | 49 (38.6) |
- Citation: Shen YM, Hong XY, Gao HC, Hao QL, Li ZY, Yao ZY, Gao C. Synergistic value of systemic inflammatory and tumor markers in predicting pretreatment distant metastasis of gastric cancer. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2026; 18(7): 120785
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5204/full/v18/i7/120785.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4251/wjgo.120785