Research Article

Development and External Validation of a Nomogram for Predicting Overall Survival in Stomach Cancer: A Population-Based Study

Table 2

Univariate analysis of survival in the Training Group.

VariablesTraining Group (n = 4456)
5-year survival (%)HR95% CI value

Age, years
 <6560.00Ref
 65–8055.781.147(1.038, 1.267)0.007
 ≥8142.761.717(1.521, 1.939)<0.001
Gender
 Male54.91Ref
 Female55.660.973(0.890, 1.064)0.549
Race
 White52.11Ref
 Black53.720.952(0.844, 1.074)0.427
 Others62.970.706(0.663, 0.788)<0.001
Marital status
 Married57.71Ref
 Widowed47.211.457(1.293, 1.643)<0.001
 Others53.871.150(1.034, 1.277)0.010
Primary site
 Stomach, NOS48.07Ref
 Fundus56.100.824(0.629, 1.078)0.158
 Body of stomach60.730.700(0.581, 0.843)<0.001
 Antrum55.610.816(0.698, 0.953)0.010
 Pylorus57.020.829(0.651, 1.055)0.127
 Lesser curvature59.620.703(0.586, 0.843)<0.001
 Greater curvature54.840.831(0.659, 1.046)0.115
 Overlapping lesion45.401.083(0.901, 1.301)0.395
T stage
 T180.54Ref
 T273.621.439(1.164, 1.779)<0.001
 T371.172.903(2.473, 3.407)<0.001
 T431.465.641(4.832, 6.586)<0.001
N stage
 N074.51Ref
 N155.392.031(1.769, 2.330)<0.001
 N247.732.670(2.337, 3.052)<0.001
 N347.474.310(3.833, 4.846)<0.001
M stage
 M059.19Ref
 M120.573.196(2.848, 3.585)<0.001
Tumor size, cm
 ≤467.44Ref
 >477.332.088(1.905, 2.289)<0.001
Insurance
 Uninsured54.36Ref
 Any Medicaid53.150.933(0.719, 1.212)0.603
 Insured56.610.985(0.762, 1.272)0.908
 No specific insured52.740.826(0.647, 1.054)0.125
Surgery
 Yes55.53Ref
 No18.923.424(2.386, 4.914)<0.001
Radiation
 Yes56.75Ref
 No55.711.232(1.112, 1.364)<0.001
Chemotherapy
 Yes80.08Ref
 No54.681.184(1.084, 1.293)<0.001
Grade
 I + II65.75Ref
 III + IV50.661.656(1.492, 1.837)<0.001
 Regional nodes positive (M (Q1, Q3))1.054(1.049, 1.058)<0.001

HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; NOS, not otherwise specified; AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer.