Correlation between Preoperative Platelet Count/(Lymphocyte Count × Prealbumin Count) Ratio and the Prognosis of Patients with Gastric Cancer Undergoing Radical Operation

Table 3

Relationship between preoperative PLPR and clinicopathological features.

Clinicopathological parameters	PLPR		χ^2	-value
	<7.46 ()	≥7.46 ()
Gender
Female	43	25	0.424	0.515
Male	115	55
Age (years)
<60	32	22	1.590	0.207
≥60	126	58
Surgical approach
Open surgery	143	73	0.035	0.852
Laparoscopic surgery	15	7
Tumor location
Cardia	26	8	1.728	0.189
Non-cardia	126	68
Differentiation
Well/moderate	28	7	3.408	0.065
Poor	130	73
Tumor size (cm)
<4	85	22	14.842	<0.001
≥4	73	58
Pathological type
Non-signet ring cell carcinoma	137	70	0.029	0.864
Signet ring cell carcinoma	21	10
T stage
T1–T2	76	7	36.210	<0.001
T3–T4	82	73
N stage
N0	61	13	24.763	<0.001
N1	30	7
N2	23	14
N3	44	46
TNM stage
I–II	90	18	25.447	<0.001
III	68	62
Vascular tumor thrombus
Negative	106	34	13.257	<0.001
Positive	52	46
Nerve invasion
Negative	106	35	11.981	0.001
Positive	52	45