Preoperative apolipoprotein B/apolipoprotein A1 ratio: a novel prognostic factor for gastric cancer

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  Figure 1. ApoB, ApoA1, and ApoB/ApoA1 ratio were correlated with LDL-C, HDL-C, and LDL-C/HDL-C ratio, respectively. Notes: (A) Spearman’s rank correlation analysis between ApoB and LDL-C (r=0.829, P<0.001). (B) Spearman’s rank correlation analysis between ApoA1 and HDL-C (r=0.71, P<0.001). (C) Spearman’s rank correlation analysis between ApoB/ApoA1 ratio and LDL-C/HDL-C ratio (r=0.788, P<0.001). Abbreviations: ApoA1, apolipoprotein A1, Apo B, apolipoprotein B; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol.

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  Figure 2. Kaplan–Meier curves of OS for GC patients with low versus high ApoB/ApoA1 ratio. Notes: (A) Comparison of OSs in the whole cohort of patients with low versus high ApoB/ApoA1 ratio (P=0.001). (B) Comparison of OSs in the stage I–II patients with low versus high ApoB/ApoA1 ratio (P=0.782). (C) Comparison of OSs in the stage III–IV patients with low versus high ApoB/ApoA1 ratio (P<0.001). (D) Comparison of OSs in the patients of well/moderate differentiation with low versus high ApoB/ApoA1 ratio (P=0.812). (E) Comparison of OSs in the patients of poor/other differentiations with low versus high ApoB/ApoA1 ratio (P<0.001). Abbreviations: ApoA1, apolipoprotein A1; ApoB, apolipoprotein B; GC, gastric cancer; OS, overall survival; TNM, tumor–node–metastasis.