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. 2024 Aug 6;5:1426709. doi: 10.3389/froh.2024.1426709

Table 3.

Predictors of recurrence with univariate Cox regression.

Recurrence Local recurrence Neck recurrence or mets
p HR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI)
Age (years) 0.53 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) 0.584 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) 0.63 1.00 (0.99, 1.00)
Male 0.843 1.01 (0.87, 1.19) 0.569 1.04 (0.91, 1.19) 0.75 0.98 (0.86, 1.11)
Female 0.98 (0.84, 1.15) 0.96 (0.84, 1.10) 1.02 (0.90, 1.16)
Smoking 0.329 1.08 (0.92, 1.27) 0.328 1.07 (0.93, 1.22) 0.91 1.01 (0.89, 1.15)
Alcohol 0.947 0.99 (0.84, 1.18) 0.638 0.97 (0.85, 1.10) 0.36 0.94 (0.82, 1.08)
pT1 *0.030 0.85 (0.73, 0.98) *0.011 0.85 (0.75, 0.96) 0.7 0.96 (0.86, 1.11)
pT2 1.18 (1.02, 1.37) 1.18 (1.04, 1.34) 1.02 (0.90, 1.16)
pN0 *0.013 0.81 (0.69, 0.96) 0.132 0.90 (0.78, 1.03) 0.08 0.89 (0.78, 1.01)
pN1 1.23 (1.05, 1.44) 1.11 (0.97, 1.28) 1.13 (0.99, 1.29)
pN2
Margin + 0.455 1.12 (0.83, 1.51) 0.849 1.02 (0.79, 1.32) 0.78 1.04 (0.81, 1.32)
PNI 0.26 0.90 (0.74, 1.08) 0.698 0.97 (0.83, 1.14) 0.07 0.87 (0.75, 1.01)
LVI 0.506 1.08 (0.85, 1.37) 0.6 1.05 (0.86, 1.29) 0.51 1.07 (0.88, 1.29)
Poor diff 0.682 1.04 (0.87, 1.24) 0.932 1.01 (0.86, 1.17) 0.79 1.02 (0.88, 1.18)
ECS *0.014 1.42 (1.08, 1.86) *0.021 1.32 (1.04, 1.67) 0.19 1.16 (0.93, 1.46)
>4 nodes *0.001 1.68 (1.23, 2.28) *0.003 1.50 (1.15, 1.95) 0.07 1.27 (0.98, 1.64)
Radiation 0.259 1.10 (0.93, 1.29) 0.501 1.05 (0.91, 1.20) 0.291 1.06 (0.95, 1.19)
Chemotherapy 0.677 0.94 (0.71, 1.25) 0.281 0.88 (0.69, 1.11) 0.629 1.05 (0.86, 1.28)

Mets, metastasis; HR, hazards ratio; CI, confidence interval; PNI, perineural invasion; LVI, lymphovascular invasion; Poor diff, poorly differentiated; ECS, extracapsular spread.

Significant results are indicated by asterisks.