Research Article

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

Table 3

Univariate and multivariate analyses for factors associated with disease-free survival.

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

Age (yr)0.705
 <65455 (97)74.3 (69.5–79.0)
 ≥65185 (34)78.4 (71.5–85.2)
Sex0.904
 Female319 (66)74.3 (68.6–79.9)
 Male321 (65)76.1 (70.8–81.3)
pTNM stage<0.0010.136
 I75 (6)88.1 (78.8–97.3)1.963 (0.809–4.762)
 II276 (34)86.8 (82.3–91.3)
 III289 (91)61.0 (54.3–67.6)
Tumor differentiation0.0010.125
 Well and moderate483 (89)78.4 (73.9–82.5)1.169 (0.958–1.426)
 Poor157 (42)65.7 (56.3–75.1)
Lymphovascular invasion<0.0010.436
 No421 (67)81.2 (76.9–85.5)1.175 (0.783–1.763)
 Yes219 (64)63.7 (56.0–71.3)
Perineural invasion<0.0010.056
 No523 (93)79.0 (74.8–83.1)1.473 (0.961–2.260)
 Yes117 (38)56.3 (44.7–67.8)
CCI0.616
 0180 (37)76.3 (69.4–83.1)
 ≥I460 (94)74.7 (69.9–79.4)
Cancer obstruction0.186
 No562 (108)75.9 (71.8–80.0)
 Yes78 (23)70.5 (59.7–81.2)
Cancer perforation0.0020.046
 No583 (111)77.1 (73.1–81.0)1.692 (0.986–2.902)
 Yes57 (20)56.7 (41.6–71.8)
Number of resected lymph nodes0.156
 <1295 (26)69.0 (59.-78.9)
 ≥12545 (105)76.4 (72.0–80.7)
Pathology N stage<0.0010.793
N negative357 (42)86.5 (82.4–90.6)1.150 (0.405–3.2689)
N positive283 (89)61.3 (54.6–67.9)
Surgical margins/type of resection0.0010.138
 R0626 (124)75.9 (71.6–80.2)1.926 (0.810–4.575)
 R1/R214 (7)47.6 (20.5–74.6)
HALP score0.4520.536
 <15163 (35)71.2 (62.0–80.4)1.134 (0.761–1.690)
 ≥15.0477 (96)75.8 (71.3–80.3)

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.