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Table 5 The meaning and assignment method of variables

From: Detecting the preoperative peripheral blood systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) as a tool for early diagnosis and prognosis of gallbladder cancer

Factors

Meaning

Assignment

y

Prognosis

y = 1 death, y = 0 survival

x1

Age

> 60 = 1, ≤ 60 = 0

x2

Sex

Male = 1, female = 0

x3

Tumor size

> 5 cm = 1, ≤ 5 cm = 0

x4

Differentiation degree

Medium/high differentiation = 1, low differentiation = 0

x5

TNM staging

III-IV stage = 1, I-II stage = 0

x6

Lymph node metastasis

Yes = 1, no = 0

x7

Perineural invasion

Yes = 1, no = 0

x8

Surgery type

Non-simple cholecystectomy = 1, simple cholecystectomy = 0

x9

CEA

Continuous variable (ng/mL)

x10

CA125

Continuous variable (U/mL)

x11

CA19-9

Continuous variable (U/mL)

x12

SII

Continuous variable