Prealbumin/CRP Based Prognostic Score, a New Tool for Predicting Metastasis in Patients with Inoperable Gastric Cancer

Table 1

General characteristics of the patients and disease.

		Male	Female
Age (mean ± SD)	62.13 ± 14.39	63.43 ± 13.75	57.00 ± 16.24
Gender (, %)
Male	56 (79%)
Female	15 (21%)
Anatomic area (%)
GEJ/proximal stomach	38 (54%)	29 (51%)	10 (64%)
Distal stomach	33 (46%)	27 (49%)	5 (36%)
Stage (%)
3	28 (39%)	21 (37%)	6 (40%)
4	43 (61%)	35 (63%)	9 (60%)
BMI^# (mean ± SD)	21.08 ± 3.99
Metastasis
Metastatic	43 (61%)	21 (37%)	6 (40%)
Nonmetastatic	28 (39%)	35 (63%)	9 (60%)
SGA A	13%	15%	9%
SGA B	49%	46%	58%
SGA C	38%	39%	33%
PG-SGA (mean ± SD)	16.07 ± 5.02	15.76 ± 5.17	16.92 ± 4.70

Gastroesophageal junction.
Type of gastric adenocarcinoma.
^#Body mass index.
Unresectable gastric cancer.