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. 2021 Jul 9;8:688535. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.688535

Table 3.

Predictive performance of different LN schemes.

OS DSS
Model AIC C-index (95% CI) AIC C-index (95% CI)
Categorical
Model 2 (NRLN) 14,528.27 0.723 (0.707–0.739) 12,935.51 0.725 (0.709–0.741)
Model 3 (NPLN) 14,536.77 0.724 (0.709–0.740) 12,940.20 0.728 (0.712–0.743)
Model 4 (NNLN) 14,488.16 0.729 (0.714–0.745) 12,898.99 0.731 (0.715–0.746)
Model 5 (LNR) 14,453.81 0.735 (0.719–0.751) 12,863.51 0.737 (0.722–0.753)
Model 6 (LODDS) 14,453.98 0.734 (0.718–0.750) 12,864.37 0.737 (0.721–0.753)
Continuous
Model 2 (NRLN) 14,537.68 0.722 (0.706–0.737) 12,941.22 0.724 (0.708–0.739)
Model 3 (NPLN) 14,548.50 0.733 (0.718–0.749) 12,951.54 0.726 (0.710–0.742)
Model 4 (NNLN) 14,508.62 0.726 (0.710–0.741) 12,914.70 0.728 (0.712–0.743)
Model 5 (LNR) 14,456.17 0.735 (0.719–0.750) 12,866.34 0.738 (0.722–0.754)
Model 6 (LODDS) 14,457.38 0.736 (0.720–0.751) 12,869.48 0.739 (0.723–0.754)

OS, overall survival; DSS, disease-specific survival; NRLN, number of retrieved lymph nodes; NPLN, number of positive lymph nodes; NNLN, number of negative lymph nodes; LNR, lymph node ratio; LODDS, log odds of positive lymph nodes; CI, confidence interval; AIC, Akaike information criterion.