Table 2.
Univariate and multivariate analysis of prognostic factors for death in patients with diffuse hemispheric glioma, H3 G34 mutant (Cox regression).
| Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (events) | HR (95 % CI) | P value |
n
(events) |
HR (95 % CI) | P value | ||
| Age | |||||||
| <18 years | 26 (18) | 1.42 (0.82-2.44) | .212 | 13 (9) | 1.58 (0.71-3.52) | .261 | |
| ≥18 years | 86 (53) | 1 | ref | 61 (38) | 1 | ref | |
| Sex | |||||||
| Female | 38 (17) | 0.40 (0.23-0.69) | .001 | 31 (12) | 0.43 (0.21-0.87) | .019 | |
| Male | 74 (54) | 1 | ref | 43 (35) | 1 | ref | |
| KPS | |||||||
| <70% | 14 (9) | 1.92 (0.90-4.08) | .092 | 11 (8) | 1.05 (0.32-3.45) | .937 | |
| 70-80% | 27 (17) | 1.20 (0.66-2.20) | .552 | 24 (15) | 0.94 (0.43-2.06) | .879 | |
| 90-100% | 45 (29) | 1 | ref | 39 (24) | 1 | ref | |
| No data | 26 | - | - | - | |||
| Extent of resection | |||||||
| Gross total | 37 (25) | 0.52 (0.29-0.93) | .028 | 28 (19) | 0.31 (0.12-0.79) | .014 | |
| Incomplete | 33 (21) | 0.77 (0.42-1.40) | .384 | 22 (15) | 0.40 (0.16-1.05) | .062 | |
| Biopsy/Autopsy | 35 (22) | 1 | ref | 24 (13) | 1 | ref | |
| No data | 7 | - | - | - | |||
| MGMT promoter status | |||||||
| Methylated | 77 (43) | 0.52 (0.30-0.89) | .018 | 53 (29) | 0.51 (0.23-1.13) | .098 | |
| Unmethylated | 26 (20) | 1 | ref | 21 (18) | 1 | ref | |
| No data | 9 | - | - | - | |||
| First-line treatment | |||||||
| No therapy | 6 (4) | 1 | ref | 4 (4) | 1 | ref | |
| Any therapy | 99 (63) | 0.02 (0.03-0.70) | <.001 | 70 (43) | 0.27 (0.03-0.14) | <.001 | |
| No data | 7 | - | - | - | |||
Survival data are missing in N = 2 patients.
CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; KPS, Karnofsky performance status; MGMT, O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase.