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) | |