Research Article

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

Table 3

Multivariate analysis of the factors associated with gastric cancer prognosis.

VariableHR (95% CI)

Age (years)
 ≤601.00
 >601.25 (1.01-1.55)0.039
TNM stage
 I1.00
 II-III4.02 (2.26-7.16)<0.001
Histological grading
 Poorly differentiated1.00
 Well or moderately differentiated1.01 (0.80-1.28)0.907
Vascular invasion
 Negative1.00
 Positive2.22 (1.60-3.07)<0.001
Neural invasion
 Negative1.00
 Positive1.71 (1.36-2.16)<0.001
Fibrinogen
 ≤3.391.00
 >3.391.22 (0.99-1.51)0.056
Albumin
 >34.91.00
 ≤34.91.21 (0.97-1.50)0.088
Fib-Alb score
 01.00
 11.31 (1.03-1.66)0.028
 21.61 (1.20-2.17)0.001

Adjusted age, TNM stage, histological grading, vascular invasion, and neural invasion.