Table 3.

Assignment table

Considerations	Assign a value to something
Surgical time (min)	≥311.500=1, <311.500=0
Intraoperative Bleeding (mL)	≥404.500=1, <404.500=0
ALB (g/L)	≥30.140=1, <30.140=0
CRP (μg/L)	≥55.665=1, <55.665=0
PNI	≥39.285=1, <39.285=0
CAR	≥1.967=1, <1.967=0
TNM staging	I=0, II=1, III=2
Anastomotic leakage	Yes =1, No =0

Note: ALB, Albumin; LYM, Lymphocyte; CRP, C-reactive protein; PNI, Prognostic Nutritional Index; CAR, C-reactive protein/Albumin Ratio; TNM, Tumor, Node, Metastasis; cut-off and all the above cut-offs were determined using ROC curves.