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. 2024 Mar 2;14:5153. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-55727-w

Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate analyses for risk factors associated with the incidence of regorafenib-induced defined proteinuria.

Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
Odds ratio (95% CI) P-value Odds ratio (95% CI) P-value

Sex

 Male/female

0.55 (0.25–1.24) 0.15 0.48 (0.17–1.39) 0.18

Age (years)

 ≥ 65/ < 65

1.62 (0.73–3.62) 0.24 Excluded –

Performance status (ECOG)

 2/0 or 1

0.71 (0.12–4.04) 0.70 Excluded –

KRAS status

 Wild/Mutant

1.24 (0.56–2.76) 0.59 Excluded –

BSA (m2)

  ≥ 1.6/ < 1.6

0.58 (0.26–1.29) 0.178 0.66 (0.24–1.82) 0.42

BMI (kg/m2)

  ≥ 25.0/ < 25.0

1.08 (0.434–2.66) 0.87 Excluded –

Anemia

 Present/Absent

1.97 (0.73–5.29) 0.181 Excluded –

Thrombocytopenia

 Present/Absent

0.73 (0.30–1.81) 0.50 Excluded –

Hypoalbuminemia

 Present/Absent

1.56 (0.62–3.93) 0.34 Excluded –

Liver impairment

 Present/Absent

Unable to calculate – Excluded –

Renal impairment

 Present/Absent

1.56 (0.56–4.35) 0.39 Excluded –

Treatment line

 2nd or 3rd/4th or later

1.44 (0.56–3.67) 0.45 Excluded –

Dose reduction from treatment initiation

 Present/Absent

0.96 (0.43–2.16) 0.93 Excluded –

Duration from last anti-VEGF treatment

  ≥ 28 days/ < 28 days

1.67 (0.70–3.98) 0.25 Excluded –

Preexisting diabetes mellitus

 Present/Absent

2.22 (0.65–7.57) 0.20 Excluded –

Preexisting hypertension

 Present/Absent

1.36 (0.61–3.05) 0.45 Excluded –

Baseline calcium channel blocker use

 Present/Absent

2.10 (0.91–4.88) 0.08 1.56 (0.63–3.88) 0.34

Baseline RASI use

 Present/Absent

0.97 (0.42–2.22) 0.94 Excluded –

Preexisting proteinuria

 Present/Absent

3.11 (1.34–7.21) 0.008** 3.76 (1.45–9.75) 0.007**

Liver impairment: grade ≥ 1 aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, total bilirubin elevation.

Renal impairment: estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2.

CI confidence interval, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, BSA body surface area, BMI body mass index, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor, RASI renin-angiotensin system inhibitor (angiotensin receptor blocker and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor).

**P < 0.01.