Table 3.

Factors predicting tumor response (multivariate analysis)

Factor	No. patients	Odds ratio (95% CI)	p-value
Sex
Male	256	1	-
Female	152	4.35 (2.40–7.90)	<0.001
Prior chemotherapy
No	82	1	-
Yes	326	0.34 (0.18–0.65)	0.001
Absolute neutrophil count	408	0.85 (0.75–0.93)*	0.017
Histological type
Non-adenocarcinoma	127	1	-
Adenocarcinoma	281	2.35 (1.03–5.35)	0.043

Valuables with p < 0.05 were selected using a backward elimination procedure.

*per 1000/μL.