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Table 1 The patients’ characteristics

From: The significance of the C-reactive protein to albumin ratio as a marker for predicting survival and monitoring chemotherapeutic effectiveness in patients with unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer

Age (years)

 Median (range)

63 (27–86)

Gender

 Male

57

 Female

42

Location of primary tumor

 Colon

57

 Rectum

42

Histological type

 Well, moderately

78

 Poorly, mucinous

12

 Unknown

9

Detection of unresectable tumor

 Synchronous

59

 Metachronous

40

The number of organs affected by metastasis

 One organ

54

 Multiple organs

45

First-line chemotherapy regimen

 FOLFOX

65

 CapeOX

21

 FOLFIRI

9

 SOX

4

Molecular targeted therapy

 Bevacizumab

50

 Cetuximab

15

 Panitumumab

4

 None

30

The pretreatment C-reactive protein level

 Median (range)

0.32 (0.02–13.46)

The pretreatment albumin level

 Median (range)

3.9 (2.4–4.7)

The pretreatment CRP/ALB ratio

 Median (range)

0.084 (0.004–5.608)

The pretreatment NLR

 Median (range)

2.788 (0.580–16.306)

mGPS

 0

69

 1

21

 2

9

  1. FOLFOX 5-fluorouracil + leucovorin + oxaliplatin, CapeOX capecitabine + oxaliplatin, FOLFIRI 5-fluorouracil + leucovorin + irinotecan, SOX S-1 + oxaliplatin, CRP/ALB ratio C-reactive protein to albumin ratio, NLR neutriphil to lymphocyte ratio, mGPS modified Glasgow prognostic score