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. 2022 Jun 1;157(8):e221819. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.1819

Table 1. Patient Characteristics in the Internal Cohort.

Variable Entire cohort (n = 965)
KRAS variant Wild type
Train (n = 302) Test (n = 84) Entire (n = 386) Train (n = 474) Test (n = 105) Entire (n = 579)
Numerical variables, median (IQR)
Age, y 58.7 (49.0-68.4) 55.9 (49.5-68.9) 58.3 (49.0-68.7) 59.0 (50.0-67.3) 54.1 (47.4-66.0) 58.2 (49.1-67.3)
No. of CRLM 3.0 (1-4) 2.0 (1-3) 2.0 (1-4) 2.0 (1-5) 2.0 (1-5) 2.0 (1-5)
Diameter of largest CRLM, median (IQR), cm 2.5 (1.6-4.0) 2.5 (1.6-4.0) 2.5 (1.6-4.0) 2.5 (1.6-4.0) 2.6 (1.8-3.7) 2.5 (1.6-4.0)
Margin width, mm 3.0 (1-8) 2.0 (0.5-7.0) 3.0 (1.0-8.0) 3.0 (1.0-8.0) 3.0 (1.0-8.0) 3.0 (1.0-8.0)
Categorical features total
Sex, No. (%)
Male 156 (51.7) 44 (52.4) 200 (51.8) 299 (63.1) 64 (61.0) 363 (62.7)
Female 146 (48.3) 40 (47.6) 186 (48.2) 175 (36.9) 41 (39.0) 216 (37.3)
Primary tumor side, No. (%)
Left 122 (40.4) 34 (40.5) 156 (40.4) 267 (56.3) 54 (51.4) 321 (55.4)
Right 131 (43.4) 41 (48.8) 172 (44.6) 108 (22.8) 26 (24.8) 134 (23.1)
Rectum 49 (16.2) 9 (10.7) 58 (15.0) 99 (20.9) 25 (23.8) 124 (21.4)
Primary tumor (T) stage, No. (%)
T0-2 37 (12.3) 10 (11.9) 47 (12.2) 76 (16.0) 19 (18.1) 95 (16.4)
T3-4 265 (87.7) 74 (88.1) 339 (87.8) 398 (84.0) 86 (81.9) 484 (83.6)
Primary tumor nodal status, No. (%)
Yes 202 (66.9) 57 (67.9) 259 (67.1) 317 (66.9) 72 (68.6) 389 (67.2)
No 100 (33.1) 27 (32.1) 127 (32.9) 157 (33.1) 33 (31.4) 190 (32.8)
Bilobar CRLM, No. (%)
Yes 159 (52.6) 44 (52.4) 203 (52.6) 263 (55.5) 51 (48.6) 314 (54.2)
No 143 (47.4) 40 (47.6) 183 (47.4) 211 (44.5) 54 (51.4) 265 (45.8)
Extrahepatic disease, No. (%)
Yes 49 (16.2) 11 (13.1) 60 (15.5) 53 (11.2) 6 (5.7) 59 (10.2)
No 253 (83.8) 73 (86.9) 326 (84.5) 421 (88.8) 99 (94.3) 520 (89.8)
Prehepatectomy chemotherapy, No. (%)
Yes 190 (62.9) 49 (58.3) 239 (61.9) 307 (64.8) 70 (66.7) 377 (65.1)
No 112 (37.1) 35 (41.7) 147 (38.1) 167 (35.2) 35 (33.3) 202 (34.9)
Intraoperative ablation, No. (%)
Yes 75 (24.8) 20 (23.8) 95 (24.6) 123 (25.9) 27 (25.7) 150 (25.9)
No 227 (75.2) 64 (76.2) 291 (75.4) 351 (74.1) 78 (74.3) 429 (74.1)
Positive margin, No. (%)
Yes 40 (13.2) 15 (17.9) 55 (14.2) 73 (15.4) 11 (10.5) 84 (14.5)
No 262 (86.8) 69 (82.1) 331 (85.8) 401 (84.6) 94 (89.5) 495 (85.5)

Abbreviation: CRLM, colorectal cancer liver metastases.