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. 2017 May 30;475(9):2263–2270. doi: 10.1007/s11999-017-5389-3

Table 1.

Comparison of continuous features between Japanese dataset and Western datasets

Feature Training set Validation set p Value
MSKCC (n = 189) Scandinavia (n = 815) Italy (n = 287) Japan (n = 261)
% of missing data % of missing data % of missing data versus Scandinavian versus Italian versus MSKCC
Age at surgery (years)
 Mean 62.4 66.4 0.0 63.1 0.0 61.8 0.0 < 0.001 0.608 0.959
 SD 13.7 12.7 11.7 12.3
Hemoglobin concentration (mg/dL)
 Mean 11.5 11.5 0.0 11.5 10 12.4 0.0 0.004 0.045 0.062
 SD 1.9 3.5 1.4 6.0
Absolute lymphocyte count (K/μL)
 Mean 1.2 1.2 84.8 1.3 22.7 1.3 1.2 0.999 0.775 0.042
 SD 1.3 0.74 0.5 0.9
Surgeon’s estimate of survival (months)
 Mean 10.3 11.8 0.0 11.2 86.8 8.9 49.0 0.171 0.847 0.768
 SD 8.6 17.2 7.0 4.6

MSKCC = Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.