Table 2. Predictors of survival – multivariate analysis.

	Univariate analyses*			Multivariate analysis**
	Hazard Ratio	CI	p value	Hazard Ratio	CI	p value
Age	1.004	0.982–1.026	0.720	-	-	-
Female gender	0.962	0.568–1.628	0.885	0.710	0.492–1.024	0.067
Performance status	1.514	1.030–2.226	0.035	1.458	0.974–2.184	0.067
Diagnosis (GI vs. others)	0.445	0.270–0.735	0.002	0.509	0.307–0.845	0.009
Muscle Index	0.974	0.951–0.998	0.036	0.955	0.923–0.989	0.009
Fat index	0.921	0.835–1.015	0.098	-	-	-

*Cox Univariate analyses.

**Backward elimination method of Cox Proportional Hazards Model.