Table 2.
Patient characteristics.
| i.v. data set (n = 64 patients) n | Symbol | Covariate coding | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics of patients | ||||
| Tumour types | ||||
| Gynaecological | 12 | |||
| Gastroenterologic | 19 | |||
| Lung | 4 | |||
| Others | 35 | |||
| Liver metastases | 16 | Mhep | 0: abscence | |
| 1: presence | ||||
| Mean±s.d. | Range | |||
| Demography | ||||
| Age (years) | 55±11 | 27–73 | AGE | Numerical |
| Weight (kg) | 66±13 | 39–114 | Wt | Numerical |
| Height (cm) | 168±9 | 150–184 | Ht | Numerical |
| Body surface area (m2) | 1.74±0.19 | 1.35–2.33 | BSA | Numerical |
| Gender (M/F) | 42/22 | Sex | 0: female | |
| 1: male | ||||
| Laboratory measurements | ||||
| Serum creatinine (µm) | 91±21 | 31–141 | Crs | Numerical |
| Creatinine clearance* (ml min−1) | 76±24 | 34–168 | CLcr | Numerical |
| Total bilirubin (µm) | 7.7±3.5 | 1–18 | Bili | Numerical |
| Total blood protein (g l−1) | 69±6 | 52–85 | Prot | Numerical |
| Alanine amino transferase (IU) | 30±21 | 4–118 | SGPT | Numerical |
| Aspartate amino transferase (IU) | 26±13 | 7–63 | SGOT | Numerical |
| Alkaline phosphatase (IU) | 136±137 | 29–952 | ALP | Numerical |
| Lysine deshydrogenase (IU) | 547±480 | 115–2350 | LDH | Numerical |
| γ glutamyl transferase (IU) | 80±68 | 12–342 | GGT | Numerical |
| White blood cells (109/l) | 6.6±4.0 | 1.9–37.8 | WBC | Numerical |
| Granulocytes count (109/l) | 4.5±3.4 | 0.9–31.7 | PMN | Numerical |
| Platelet count (109/l) | 280±108 | 90–594 | Plt | Numerical |
*
Creatinine clearance was calculated according to the Cockroft & Gault formula.