Prognostic significance of the preoperative hemoglobin to albumin ratio for the short-term survival of gastric cancer patients

Table 2 Hemoglobin to albumin ratio value associated with clinical pathological characteristics

Clinical characteristics	Total (n)	Odds ratio in HAR value	P value
Age (≥ 62 yr vs < 62 yr)	312	0.78 (0.50-1.21)	0.264
Size (≥ 4 cm vs < 4 cm)	312	0.51 (0.32-0.80)	0.004
Histological grade
(G2 vs G1)	126	0.91 (0.16-5.06)	0.905
(G3 vs G1)	192	1.00 (0.18-5.52)	1.000
Vascular infiltration (yes vs no)	312	1.14 (0.73-1.79)	0.552
Nerve infiltration (yes vs no)	312	1.00 (0.64-1.56)	0.988
Stage
(Ⅱ vs I)	163	0.45 (0.24-0.83)	0.012
(Ⅲ vs I)	237	0.48 (0.28-0.81)	0.007
T classification
(T2 vs T1)	106	0.61 (0.27-1.39)	0.243
(T3 vs T1)	112	0.62 (0.28-1.35)	0.227
(T4 vs T1)	236	0.52 (0.29-0.91)	0.022
N classification
(N1 vs N0)	169	0.76 (0.33-1.74)	0.518
(N2 vs N0)	201	0.56 (0.30-1.04)	0.067
(N3 vs N0)	226	0.68 (0.39-1.16)	0.160

HAR: Hemoglobin to albumin ratio.