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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 Sep 13;19(13):4036–4042. doi: 10.1245/s10434-012-2634-6

TABLE 3.

Cox proportional hazards ratio estimates for the effect of covariates on recurrence-free survival in patients with surgically resected desmoids tumors

Univariate
Multivariate
HR (95 % CI) P value HR (95 % CI) P value
Age at diagnosis (for each 5-year increase) 0.91 (0.82–0.99) 0.04 0.90 (0.82–0.98) 0.02
Race
 White Reference
 Black 0.80 (0.47–1.36) 0.68
History of trauma in area of primary tumor 2.88 (1.20–6.90) 0.02 1.36 (0.57–3.24) 0.48
History of surgery in area of primary tumor 0.69 (0.37–1.30) 0.25
Desmoid during or shortly after pregnancy 0.73 (0.34–1.59) 0.43
Size >7 cm 0.73 (0.40–1.33) 0.30
Tumor location
 Abdominal wall Reference Reference
 Abdominal cavity 1.51 (0.41–5.63) 0.53
 Extra-abdominal 4.66 (1.65–13.19) 0.01 3.28 (1.46–7.36) 0.01
Surgical margins
 R0 Reference Reference
 R1 2.16 (1.17–4.01) 0.01 1.51 (0.85–2.66) 0.16
Receipt of systemic medical therapy 1.30 (0.46–3.66) 0.62
Receipt of radiotherapy 1.63 (0.86–3.86) 0.27