Elevated fibrinogen plasma level is not an independent predictor of poor prognosis in a large cohort of Western patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer

Table 3 Survival rates according to TNM stage as a function of preoperative fibrinogen plasma level (mg/dL) for the 556 R0 patients under study

	Survival		Tumour-related survival
	5-yr rate	P value	5-yr rate	P value
Stage I		0.812		0.674
Fibrinogen ≤ 400 mg/dL	91.5		98.3
Fibrinogen > 400 mg/dL	88.2		95.2
Stage II		0.036		0.467
Fibrinogen ≤ 400 mg/dL	81.7		92.2
Fibrinogen > 400 mg/dL	74.0		92.1
Stage III		0.206		0.627
Fibrinogen ≤ 400 mg/dL	70.6		81.8
Fibrinogen > 400 mg/dL	60.8		85.0
Stage IV		0.566		0.213
Fibrinogen ≤ 400 mg/dL	30.0		31.8
Fibrinogen > 400 mg/dL	40.4		61.2