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. 2018 Nov 29;18:1185. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-5101-3

Table 3.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who started treatment with dose reduction

Demographic characteristics
 Age, n (%) (n = 68)
  < 65 years 33 (48.5%)
  65–79 years 14 (20.6%)
  ≥ 70 years 21 (30.9%)
 Sex, n (%) (n = 68)
  Males 41 (60.3%)
  Females 27 (39.7%)
Clinical characteristics
 Weight loss > 10%, n (%) (n = 66) 18 (27.3%)
 ECOG PS, n (%) (n = 62)
  0–1 46 (74.2%)
  2-Mar 16 (25.8%)
 Karnofsky PS, n (%) (n = 23)
  < 70
  70–80 13 (56.5%)
  90–100 10 (43.5%)
 Common comorbidities, n (%) (n = 68)
  Hypertension 15 (22.1%)
  Diabetes 8 (11.8%)
  Dyslipemia 4 (5.9%)
 Hepatobiliary stent, n (%) (n = 68) 10 (14.7%)
 Platelet count, median (IR) (n = 57) 252.0 (172.0, 339.0)
 Bilirubin (mg/dL), median (IR) (n = 58) 0.70 (0.51, 1.10)
 NLR, n (%) (n = 55)
  > 3 29 (52.7%)
  ≤ 3 26 (47.3%)
 CA 19.9, n (%) (n = 62)
  > 35 52 (83.9%)
  ≤ 35 10 (16.1%)
 Number of metastatic sites, n (%) (n = 68)
  1–3 67 (98.5%)
  > 3 1 (1.5%)
 Concommitant treatment, n (%) (n = 68)
  Analgesics 22 (32.4%)
  Corticosteroids 9 (13.2%)

IR Interquartile range (percentile 25, percentile 75)

anumber of evaluable patients (no-missing)