Research Article

The Prognostic Significance of HALP Index for Colon Cancer Patients in a Hispanic-Based Population

Table 2

Univariate and multivariate analyses for factors associated with overall survival.

Total (events)Median (95% CI) valueHR (95% CI) value

Age (yr)0.43
 <65455 (62)83.6 (79.6–87.5)
 ≥65185 (29)77.3 (69.2–85.3)

Sex0.271
 Female319 (39)84.9 (80.1–89.6)
 Male321 (52)79.4 (74.1–84.6)

pTNM stage<0.0010.001
 I75 (0)No events10.616 (2.480–45.441)
 II276 (22)90.6 (86.4–94.7)
 III289 (69)68.5 (61.-75.1)

Tumor differentiation<0.0010.086
 Well and moderate483 (58)85.6 (81.8–89.3)1.227 (0.972–1550)
 Poor157 (33)69.0 (59.2–78.8)

Lymphovascular invasion<0.0010.188
 No421 (42)87.7 (83.9–91.4)1.381 (0.854–2.235)
 Yes219 (49)71.0 (63.5–78.4)

Perineural invasion<0.0010.115
 No523 (63)85.0 (81.2–88.7)1.489 (0.907–2.443)
 Yes117 (28)67.6 (56.8–78.3)

CCI0.211
 0180 (23)85.8 (80.1–91.7)
 ≥I460 (68)80.3 (75.7–84.8)

Cancer obstruction0.0470.110
 No562 (72)83.7 (79.9–87.4)1.532 (0.908–2.583)
 Yes78 (19)72.4 (61.4–83.3)

Cancer perforation0.123
 No583 (79)83.1 (79.3–86.8)
 Yes57 (12)74.1 (57.1–86.5)

Number of resected lymph nodes0.303
 <1295 (18)78.4 (69.1–87.6)
 ≥12545 (73)82.8 (78.8–86.7)

Pathology N stage<0.0010.082
N negative357 (23)92.4 (89.1–95.7)0.268 (0.061–1.182)
N positive283 (68)69.4 (62.9–75.9)

Surgical margins/type of resection0.0090.041
 R0626 (86)82.9 (79.4–86.4)2.619 (1.039–6.599)
 R1/R214 (5)45.0 (09.5–80.5)

HALP score0.0130.031
 <15162 (31)73.5 (64.9–82.1)1.942 (1.647–2.875)
 ≥15.0477 (60)84.8 (80.5–89.1)

HALP: hemoglobin (g/L) × albumin (g/L) × lymphocytes (/L)/platelets (/L), BMI: body mass index, pTNM: pathological tumor-node-metastasis stage, CCI: Charlson comorbidity index.