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. 2021 Nov 10;479(12):2776–2780. doi: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000002019

Erratum to: Elevated Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score is Associated with Poor Long-term Survival in Patients with Low-grade Soft-tissue Sarcomas Treated with Surgical Resection

Yao Liang 1,2, Tao Hou 3,, Yi Que 1,4, Baiwei Zhao 1,2, Wei Xiao 1,4, Xing Zhang 1,4, Zhiwei Zhou 1,2,
PMCID: PMC8726534  PMID: 34757346

Four tables were not included in the published study, “Elevated Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score is Associated with Poor Long-term Survival in Patients with Low-grade Soft-tissue Sarcomas Treated with Surgical Resection”.

Table 1, below, corresponded with data in Patients and Methods section under the subheads, Patients and Tumor Characteristics and Clinical Data Collection and the CONUT Score

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of all patients

Variable Characteristics Number %
Gender Men 393 60
Women 265 40
Age (years) < 50 437 66
≥ 50 221 34
BMI (kg/m2) < 18.5 80 12
18.5 to 25.0 430 65
≥ 25.0 148 23
Pathological types Fibrosarcoma 151 23
Liposarcoma 91 14
Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma 149 23
Leiomyosarcoma 27 4
Synovial sarcoma 77 12
Rhabdomyosarcoma 38 6
Alveolar soft part sarcoma 12 2
Epithelioid sarcoma 15 2
Angiosarcoma 13 2
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor 38 6
Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma 20 3
Others 27 4
Tumor size < 5 cm 322 49
≥ 5 cm 336 51
Tumor site Upper extremity 82 13
Lower extremity  216 33
Thoracic/trunk/abdominal wall 191 29
Intra-abdominal 71 11
Head/neck 80 12
Others* 18 3
Tumor depth Superficial 235 36
Deep 423 64
Tumor grade G1 130 20
G2 304 46
G3 201 31
GX 23 4
AJCC stage IA 88 13
IB 45 7
II 233 35
IIIA 132 20
IIIB 75 11
IV 12 2
Unknown 73 11
NLR < 2.51 453 69
≥ 2.51 205 31
PLR < 164.5 516 78
≥ 164.5 142 22
HS-mGPS 0 311 62
1-2 194 38
CONUT 0 227 35
1 208 32
2-12 223 34
Albumin score 0 606 92
2/4/6 52 8
Total lymphocyte score 0 327 50
1 253 38
2/3 78 12
Total cholesterol score 0 477 73
1 118 18
2/3 63 10
Endpoint Alive 484 74
Dead 174 26
Recurrence Yes 250 38
No 408 62
Metastasis Yes 94 14
No 564 86
Adjuvant therapy None 467 71
Chemotherapy 41 6
Radiotherapy 44 7
Combined chemoradiotherapy 11 2
Unknown 95 14
*

Including the perineum, crissum, pleural cavity, and pulmonary system

HS-mGPS = high-sensitivity modified Glasgow prognostic score

Table 2, below, corresponded with data in the Results section under the subhead, Correlation Between the CONUT Score and Clinicopathologic Characteristics.

Table 2.

Relationships between the CONUT score and patient characteristics

Characteristics CONUT score p value OR (95% CI)
Low (n = 435), (%) High (n = 223), (%)
Gender 0.761
Men 177 (41) 88 (40)
Women 258 (59) 135 (60) 1.05 (0.76-1.46)
Age at operation (years) 0.848
< 50 290 (67) 147 (66)
≥ 50 145 (33) 76 (34) 1.03 (0.74-1.45)
Tumor diameter (cm) 0.020
< 5 cm 227 (52) 95 (43)
≥ 5 cm 208 (48) 128 (57) 1.47 (1.06-2.04)
Tumor depth 0.004
Superficial 172 (40) 63 (28)
Deep 263 (60) 160 (72) 1.66 (1.17-2.36)
Tumor grade 0.001
G1 99 (23) 31 (14)
G2 209 (48) 95 (43) 1.45 (0.91-2.32)
G3 112 (26) 89 (40) 2.54 (1.56-4.14)
Missing data 15 (3) 8 (3) 1.70 (0.66-4.40)
AJCC stage < 0.001
IA + IB 102 (23) 31 (14)
II 161 (37) 72 (33) 1.47 (0.90-2.40)
II + IV 140 (33) 79 (35) 1.86 (1.14-3.02)
Unknown 32 (7) 41 (18) 4.22 (2.29-7.78)
NLR < 0.001
< 2.51 354 (81) 99 (44)
≥ 2.51 81 (19) 124 (56) 5.48 (3.83-7.83)
PLR < 0.001
< 164.5 390 (90) 126 (57)
≥ 164.5 45 (10) 97 (43) 6.67 (4.44-10.02)
Endpoint < 0.001
Alive 352 (81) 132 (59)
Dead 83 (19) 91 (41) 2.92 (2.04-4.18)
Recurrence < 0.001
No 294 (68) 114 (51)
Yes 141 (32) 109 (49) 1.99 (1.43-2.78)
Metastasis < 0.001
No 391 (90) 173 (78)
Yes 44 (10) 50 (22) 2.57 (1.65-4.00)

Tables 3 and 4, both below, corresponded with data in the Results section under the subhead, Survival Analysis.

Table 3.

Multivariate analyses of risk factors associated with OS in patients with STS

Variable HR (95% CI) p value
Tumor depth 0.017
Superficial 1 (reference)
Deep 1.71 (1.10-2.65)
Tumor grade < 0.001
G1 1 (reference)
G2 3.19 (0.46-22.06)
G3 8.97 (1.28-62.73)
AJCC stage 0.009
IA + IB 1 (reference)
II 0.38 (0.06-2.47)
III + IV 0.69 (0.11-4.34)
CONUT score < 0.001
Low 1 (reference)
High 1.86 (1.32-2.61)

Table 4.

Multivariate analyses of risk factors associated with DFS in patients with STS

Variable HR (95% CI) p value
Tumor depth < 0.001
Superficial 1 (reference)
Deep 2.03 (1.50-2.73)
Tumor grade < 0.001
G1 1 (reference)
G2 1.94 (1.28-2.96) 0.002
G3 2.71 (1.75-4.20) < 0.001
CONUT score < 0.001
Low 1 (reference)
High 1.63 (1.26-2.11)

CORR apologizes for the error.

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Footnotes

Erratum to: Clin Orthop Relat Res DOI: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000000767.

The online version of this article can be found under DOI: 10.1097/CORR.0000000000000767.

Contributor Information

Yao Liang, Email: liangyao@sysucc.org.cn.

Tao Hou, Email: houtao0202@163.com.

Yi Que, Email: queyi@sysucc.org.cn.

Baiwei Zhao, Email: zhaobw@sysucc.org.cn.

Wei Xiao, Email: xiaowei@sysucc.org.cn.

Xing Zhang, Email: zhangxing@sysucc.org.cn.

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