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. 2011 Feb 1;104(5):856–862. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.19

Table 3. Factors associated with overall survival in univariate and multivariate analyses.

  Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Variable Hazard ratio (95% CI) P-value Hazard ratio (95% CI) P-value
Age >65 0.74 (0.48–1.13) 0.157 0.55 (0.34–0.90) 0.018
Female 1.59 (1.06–2.37) 0.025 1.35 (0.85–2.12) 0.201
PS (ECOG)⩾2 6.14 (3.15–12.0) <0.001 7.66 (3.68–16.0) <0.001
BRAF mutant 3.78 (1.89–7.54) <0.001 4.23 (1.76–10.2) 0.001
KRAS 12 mutant 1.03 (0.62–1.74) 0.897 1.57 (0.88–2.81) 0.128
KRAS 13 mutant 1.67 (0.93–3.02) 0.086 1.51 (0.76–2.98) 0.239
Pathology, por/sig/muc 1.74 (0.96–3.14) 0.066 2.38 (1.16–4.90) 0.018
Number of metastasis ⩾2 0.93 (0.63–1.40) 0.738 1.12 (0.61–2.05) 0.714
Liver metastasis 1.36 (0.88–2.11) 0.162 1.72 (1.02–2.90) 0.042
Lung metastasis 0.66 (0.42–1.02) 0.061 0.59 (0.32–1.11) 0.100
Peritoneal metastasis 1.21 (0.76–1.93) 0.417 1.56 (0.85–2.88) 0.154
WBC ⩾10000 1.27 (0.51–3.15) 0.605
ALP ⩾300 1.21 (0.78–1.88) 0.395
Anti-EGFR treatment 0.80 (0.53–1.20) 0.277

Abbreviations: ALP=alkaline phosphatase; PS=performance status; ECOG=Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; EGFR=epidermal growth factor receptor; por=poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma; muc=mucinous carcinoma; sig=signet-ring cell carcinoma; CI=confidence interval; WBC=white blood cells.