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. 2016 Jun 21;78:341–351. doi: 10.1007/s00280-016-3079-6

Table 2.

Summary of patient characteristics

Model-building data External validation data
N Mean (SD)
Median [range]
N Mean (SD)
Median [range]
BWT 1792 76.8 (24.2)
74.8 [38.6–195]
146 58.6 (19.0)
57.0 [36.4–95.6]
AGE 1792 58.0 (19.5)
59.0 [20.0–88.0]
146 57.2 (15.9)
40.0 [27.0–52.0]
BSA 1675 1.87 (12.8)
1.86 [1.33–3.07]
146 1.59 (10.4)
1.58 [1.17–2.14]
ALBU 1059 38.5 (13.9)
39.0 [19.0–55.0]
146 40.4 (10.3)
40.0 [27.0–52.0]
TPRO 1055 72.3 (8.7)
72.0 [47.0–101]
146 71.4 (7.0)
71.0 [54.0–85.0]
BALT 1074 31.5 (122.1)
22.0 [3.00–696]
146 23.0 (66.9)
18.5 [7.0–114]
BAST 1072 32.6 (101.6)
23.0 [1.10–516]
146 27.1 (65.7)
21.5 [11.0–158]
BALP 1071 161 (90.1)
109 [2.10–1564]
146 289 (49.1)
254 [118–1020]
BBIL 1069 7.87 (73.4)
6.50 [2.00–93.0]
146 10.0 (37.9)
10.3 [3.42–25.6]
BSCR 1753 78.4 (26.9)
74.0 [26.5–212]
146 56.6 (23.1)
55.7 [33.6–88.4]
CRCL 1753 97.3 (37.2)
91.0 [25.4–359]
146 97.5 (28.3)
95.0 [50.6–195]
Gender 1792 Female: 843 (47 %)
Male: 949 (53 %)
146 Female: 103 (70.5 %)
Male: 43 (29.5 %)
Race 1113 Caucasian: 929 (51.8 %)
Asian: 67 (3.7 %)
Black: 49 (2.7 %)
Hispanic: 17 (0.9 %)
Other: 51 (2.8 %)
146 Asian: 146 (100 %) 
Renal function 1753 Normal: 891 (49.7 %)
Mild impairment: 666 (37.2 %)
Moderate impairment: 196 (10.9 %)
146 Normal: 81 (55.5 %)
Mild impairment: 58 (39.7 %)
Moderate impairment: 7 (4.8 %)
Concomitant treatment 1792 Single agent: 104 (5.8  %)
Chemotherapy: 1586 (88.5 %)
Interferon alpha: 102 (5.7 %)
146 Single agent: 18 (12.3 %)
Chemotherapy: 128 (87.7 %)

ALBU baseline albumin (g/L), BSA baseline surface area (m2), BWT baseline body weight (kg), N number of patients with available data, SD standard deviation, TPRO baseline total protein (g/L)