Table 4.

Effect of clinical and pathologic parameters on survival time by univariate and multivariate analysis, Stage 1 & 2 only^*

Parameters	Univariate	Multivariate
Age	1.03 (1.01 - 1.06), p= 0.028	1.03 (1.01 - 1.06) p=.03
Gender	NS	NS
Gross size	NS, 1.14 (.992 - 1.32), p=.064	NS, 1.15 (.979 - 1.346) p=.088
Invasive size	1.22 (1.09 - 1.36) p= .001	1.19 (1.04 - 1.34) p=.006
Nodes	2.65 (1.58 - 4.47) p=.0001	2.2 (1.29 - 3.74) p=.004
Visceral pleural invasion	2.21 (1.33 - 3.66) p=.002	1.70 (1.007 - 2.88) p= .047
Predominant histology	NS	NS
Mitotic rate	NS	NS
Necrosis	NS	NS
Nuclear Grade	NS	NS
Invasive differentiation	1.49 (1.085 - 2.04) p=.014	NS
Invasive diff (poor vs well/mod)	1.53 (.94 - 2.5) p=.09	NS

^*n=146, 6 patients lost to follow-up