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Table 3 Univariate and multivariate analyses of risk factors influencing OS after liver resection

From: Prognostic value of a novel biomarker combining DNA ploidy and tumor burden score for initially resectable liver metastases from patients with colorectal cancer

Variable

Univariate

Multivariate

HR (95 % CI)

P value

HR (95% CI)

P value

Age (> 60 years vs. ≤ 60 years)

0.745 (0.384−1.443)

0.382

  

Sex (Male vs. Female)

1.056 (0.550−2.027)

0.870

  

Primary tumor location (Rectum vs. Colon)

2.565 (1.355−4.854)

0.004

2.777 (1.371−5.626)

0.005

Primary tumor differentiation (Poor vs. Well to moderate)

1.000 (0.458−2.182)

0.999

  

T stage (T4 vs. T1-3)

2.185 (1.145-4.169)

0.018

1.241 (0.598-2.576)

0.562

 N stage (N1−2 vs. N0)

3.067 (1.663−5.656)

< 0.001

3.421 (1.493−7.841)

0.004

Timing of liver metastasis (Synchronous vs. Metachronous)

2.955 (1.346−6.488)

0.007

0.957 (0.465−1.967)

0.904

TBS (>3 vs. ≤3)

1.315 (0.696−2.485)

0.399

  

Adjuvant chemotherapy after liver resection (Yes vs. No)

0.845 (0.423−1.689)

0.634

  

DNA ploidy (Nondiploid vs. diploid)

2.855 (1.013−8.049)

0.047

2.751 (0.971-7.795)

0.057

Stroma fraction (High stroma vs. low stroma)

0.984 (0.513−1.889)

0.962

  

Nucleotyping

(Chromatin heterogeneous vs. Chromatin homogeneous)

0.924 (0.481−1.774)

0.812

  
  1. Italic represents when the p-value result is less than 0.05
  2. RFS recurrence-free survival, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, TBS tumor burden score