Preoperative Plasma Fibrinogen and Serum Albumin Score Is an Independent Prognostic Factor for Resectable Stage II-III Gastric Cancer

Table 1

Characteristics of the patients included in the study ().

Characteristics	(%)
Age (years)^#
Gender
Male	629 (74.7)
Female	213 (25.3)
Depth of invasion
T1	94 (11.1)
T2	104 (12.4)
T3	524 (62.2)
T4	120 (14.3)
Lymph node metastasis
N0	234 (27.8)
N1	219 (26.0)
N2	180 (21.4)
N3	209 (24.8)
TNM stage
I	134 (15.9)
II	318 (37.8)
III	390 (46.3)
Histological grading
Poorly differentiated	586 (69.6)
Well or moderately differentiated	256 (30.4)
Vascular invasion
Positive	617 (73.3)
Negative	225 (26.7)
Neural invasion
Positive	465 (55.2)
Negative	377 (44.8)
Pathological type
Tubular adenocarcinoma	719 (85.4)
Signet-ring cell carcinoma	75 (8.9)
Other types	48 (5.7)
Chemotherapy
No	584 (69.4)
Yes	258 (30.6)
Fibrinogen (g/L)	3.11 (1.14-10.91)
Albumin (g/L)	37.2 (4.6-50.5)
Fib-Alb score
0	376 (44.7)
1	327 (38.8)
2	139 (16.5)

^#; median (range).