Table 2.

Coefficients of the full model equation

Characteristic	Coefficients (β)	Shrinked coefficients (β)
No. previous HNSCC (0)	-
1	0.5641	0.5027918
2	0.5471	0.4876394
3 / 4	0.6946	0.6191086
Reason of palliative phase (incurable tumor)	-
refusal of curative treatment	0.3285	0.2927975
cT (0)	-
1	-0.2606	-0.2322771
2	-0.2243	-0.1999223
3	0.0984	0.08770556
4	0.3418	0.304652
cN (0)	-
1	0.1605	0.1430563
2	0.2000	0.1782633
3	0.5154	0.4593846
cM (0)	-
1	0.4154	0.370253
Weight loss in the in the 6 months before diagnosis kg	0.0279	0.02486774
WHO performance (0)	-
1	0.4343	0.3870988
2	0.5884	0.5244507
3 / 4	1.4251	1.270215