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Table 2 Prevalence of significant clinical signs by severity.

From: A proposed prognostic 7-day survival formula for patients with terminal cancer

Clinical signs

Training(n = 374)

Validation(n = 353)

P-value

Cognitive

  

0.014*

   0

273 (73.0%)

228 (64.6%)

 

   1 to 3

101 (27.0%)

125 (35.4%)

 

Edema

  

0.508

   0

190 (50.8%)

188 (53.3%)

 

   1 to 3

184 (49.2%)

165 (46.7%)

 

Jaundice

  

0.747

   0

264 (70.6%)

253 (71.7%)

 

   1 to 3

110 (29.4%)

100 (28.3%)

 

ECOG score

  

<0.001*

   1 and 2

167 (44.7%)

26 (7.4%)

 

   3 and 4

207 (55.3%)

327 (92.6%)

 

Ascites

  

<0.001*

   0

218 (58.3%)

265 (75.1%)

 

   1 to 3

156 (41.7%)

88 (24.9%)

 
  1. * Statistically significant.