Research Article

Construction of Nomograms for Predicting Lung and Bone Metastases in Patients with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma and Identification of Patients Who Can Benefit from Chemotherapy

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma patients.

VariablesWith LM (82)Without LM (1445)With BM (70)Without BM (1457)

Age
 <453 (3.7)76 (5.3)4 (5.7)75 (5.1)
 45–6541 (50.0)575 (39.8)34 (48.6)582 (39.9)
 ≥6538 (46.3)794 (54.9)32 (45.7)800 (54.9)
Gender
 Female26 (31.7)714 (49.4)18 (25.7)722 (49.6)
 Male56 (68.3)731 (50.6)52 (74.3)735 (50.4)
Race
 White71 (86.6)1149 (79.5)61 (87.1)1159 (79.5)
 Black3 (3.7)118 (8.2)2 (2.9)119 (8.2)
 Other8 (9.8)178 (12.3)7 (10.0)179 (12.3)
Histological grade
 Well/moderate34 (41.5)868 (60.1)18 (25.7)722 (49.6)
 Poor/undifferentiated48 (58.5)577 (39.9)52 (74.3)735 (50.4)
T stage
T116 (19.5)508 (35.2)23 (32.9)501 (34.4)
T243 (52.4)643 (44.5)33 (47.1)653 (44.8)
T319 (23.2)186 (12.9)12 (17.1)193 (13.2)
T44 (4.9)108 (7.5)2 (2.9)110 (7.5)
Marital status
 Single26 (31.7)510 (35.3)17 (24.3)519 (35.6)
 Married56 (68.3)935 (64.7)53 (75.7)938 (64.4)
N stage
N042 (51.2)1048 (72.5)43 (61.4)1047 (71.9)
N140 (48.8)397 (27.5)27 (38.6)410 (28.1)
Size
 ≤5 cm10 (12.2)579 (40.1)10 (14.3)579 (39.7)
 5–10 cm39 (47.6)649 (44.9)40 (57.1)648 (44.5)
 >10 cm33 (40.2)217 (15.0)20 (28.6)230 (15.8)
Intrahepatic metastasis
 No56 (68.3)1390 (96.2)55 (78.6)1391 (95.5)
 Yes26 (31.7)55 (3.8)15 (21.4)66 (4.5)

LM: lung metastasis, BM: bone metastasis, n (%) for categorical variables.