Research Article

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

Table 2

Univariate analysis of the factors associated with the prognosis of gastric cancer.

VariableClassificationDeath (%)5-year survival rateHR (95% CI)

Age (years)≤60434177 (40.8)59.61.00
>60408203 (49.8)51.01.32 (1.08-1.61)0.008

GenderMale629288 (45.8)55.01.00
Female21392 (43.2)56.80.94 (0.74-1.18)0.577

TNM stageI13413 (9.7)92.31.00
II318109 (34.3)68.14.33 (2.44-7.69)<0.001
III390258 (66.2)30.912.66 (7.24-22.14)<0.001

Histological gradingPoorly differentiated586274 (46.8)53.31.00
Well or moderately differentiated256106 (41.4)60.40.79 (0.63-0.99)0.040

Vascular invasionNegative22545 (20.0)81.91.00
Positive617335 (54.3)45.53.69 (2.69-5.04)<0.001

Neural invasionNegative377115 (30.5)71.21.00
Positive465265 (57.0)42.22.49 (2.01-3.11)<0.001

Pathological typeTubular adenocarcinoma719325 (45.2)55.91.00
Signet-ring cell carcinoma7531 (41.3)56.70.92 (0.64-1.33)0.646
Other types4824 (50.0)47.81.19 (0.79-1.81)0.411

ChemotherapyYes258111 (43.0)57.91.00
No584269 (46.1)54.41.16 (0.93-1.45)0.192

Fibrinogen≤3.39521215 (41.3)59.41.00
>3.39321165 (51.4)49.01.41 (1.15-1.73)0.001

Albumin>34.9558232 (41.6)58.51.00
≤34.9284148 (52.1)49.51.40 (1.14-1.13)0.001

Fib-Alb score0376144 (38.3)62.41.00
1327159 (48.6)51.01.42 (1.14-1.79)0.002
213977 (55.4)47.11.76 (1.34-2.32)<0.001