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. 2015 Aug 20;10(8):e0136268. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136268

Table 3. Correlation of pretreatment anemia with outcomes of patients with or without adjuvant radiotherapy.

N (%) Adjuvant radiotherapy N = 499 No adjuvant radiotherapy N = 156
Hb<12g/dL Hb≥12g/dL Hb<12g/dL Hb≥12g/dL
N = 124 (24.8%) N = 375 (75.2%) χ2 p N = 42 (26.9%) N = 114 (73.1%) χ2 p
Relapse
 No 72(58.1) 274(73.1) 9.865 0.002 32(76.2) 74(64.9) 1.793 0.181
 Yes 52(41.9) 101(26.9) 10(23.8) 40(35.1)
Cancer-specific death
 No 105(84.7) 357(95.2) 15.030 <0.001 38(90.5) 107(93.9) 0.536 0.464
 Yes 19(15.3) 18(4.8) 4(9.5) 7(6.1)
Death
 No 100(80.6) 349(93.1) 15.947 <0.001 35(83.3) 107(93.9) 4.163 0.041
 Yes 24(19.4) 26(6.9) 7(16.7) 7(6.1)