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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Dec 2;83(3):887–894. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.07.041

Table 5.

Uni/ Multivariate analysis

Univariate analysis (Survival) Multivariate analysis (Cox Proportional Hazards Model)**
Variable Category N Median Survival in months (Range) Hazard Ratio (CI) p value Adjusted p* value CI P value
Gender Female 18 37.9 (3.5 - 59.2) 0.66 (0.31- 1.42) 0.281
Male 22 26.4 (1.1 - 72.9) 1
Age <65 27 39.1 (1.1 – 72.9) 0.48 (0.20 – 1.15) 0.058 0.41 (0.16 – 1.05) 0.066
≥65 13 22.4 (1.7 - 59.2) 1
ECOG Performance score 0 30 56.2 (3.5 - 72.9) 0.13 (0.03 – 0.55) <0.0001 0.008 0.04 (0.009 – 0.19) 0.0001
>0 10 6.9 (1.1 - 10.6) 1
Liver replacement by tumor % ≤ 25% 32 56.1 (1.1 - 72.9) 0.29 (0.09 – 0.98) 0.0019 0.015 0.63 (0.20 – 1.91) 0.41
> 25% 8 15.4 (1.7 – 34.4) 1
Lesions >4 No 3 37.9 (4 - 37.9) 0.79 (0.16 – 3.91) 0.755
Yes 37 29.9 (1.1 - 72.9) 1
Extrahepatic disease No 26 39.1 (1.1 - 72.9) 0.53 (0.22 - 1.29) 0.108 0.73 (0.25 – (2.06) 0.55
Yes 14 22.1 (3.5 - 56.2) 1
Albumin ≥3.5 g/dL 15 58.9 (1.7 – 72.9) 0.39 (0.18 – 0.84) 0.017 0.08 0.45 (0.15 – 1.34) 0.15
<3.5 g/dL 25 22.0 (1.1 – 56.1) 1
Bilirubin ≤1.2 mg/dL 38 37.9 (1.1 – 72.9) 0.14 (0.004 – 5.02) 0.002 0.016 0.08 (0.01-0.74) 0.02
>1.2 mg/dL 2 5.2 (1.7 – 8.7) 1
*

Adjusted for multiple comparison (correction factor=8)

**

Factors were included in multivariate analysis if p <.25 in univariate analysis (unadjusted for multiple comparisons)

Abbreviations: ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group