Table 5.

Impact of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGF‐R) expression on patient survival from first‐line chemotherapy (multivariate analysis)

	Parameter	Hazard ratio	95% confidence interval.		P‐value
VEGF‐R1 (vessel)		1.75	1.09	2.80	0.020
PS	1, 2 versus 0	1.45	0.62	2.27	0.109
Tissue type	Diffuse vs intestinal	0.64	0.64	1.00	0.052
Metastasis site	2≥ versus 1	1.5	0.89	2.55	0.132
VEGF‐R2 (vessel)		1.76	1.12	2.75	0.014
PS	1, 2 versus 0	1.56	1.00	2.46	0.052
Tissue type	Diffuse versus intestinal	0.64	0.41	1.01	0.055
Metastasis site	2≥ versus 1	1.69	1.01	2.81	0.045

PS, Performance Status.