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. 2013 Mar 19;108(7):1432–1439. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.82

Table 5. Evaluation of the influence of histopathological characteristics in patients with synchronous (synPC), metachronous (metaPC) and no peritoneal carcinomatosis (noPC).

Characteristic Total (N=2406) noPC (N=2150 ) synPC (N=115 ) metaPC (N=141 ) Univariate P Multivariate P (Cox) HR (95% confidence interval)
Stage (UICC 7)
 
 
 
 
<0.001
 

 I
549 (22.8)
530 (24.7)

9 (6.4)

 
 
 II
571 (23.7)
549 (25.5)

18 (12.8)

 
 
 III
607 (25.2)
546 (25.4)

54 (38.3)

 
 
 IV
522 (21.7)
371 (17.3)
115 (100)
40 (28.4)

 
 
 NR
157 (6.5)
154 (7.2)

20 (14.2)

 
 
T-stage
 T0
12 (0.5)
12 (0.6)
0
0 (0)

 
 
 T1
223 (9.3)
222 (10.3)
0
1 (0.7)
T12<0.001
0.016
0.45 (0.24–0.861)
 T2
495 (20.6)
482 (22.4)
2 (1.7)
11 (7.8)
 
 
 
 T3
1170 (48.6)
1077 (50.1)
28 (24.3)
65 (46.1)
0.358
 
 
 T4
378 (15.7)
258 (12.0)
72 (62.6)
48 (34.0)
<0.001
<0.001
3.03 (2.05–4.48)
 Tx
128 (5.3)
99 (4.6)
13 (11.3)
16 (11.3)



N-status
 N0
1211 (50.3)
1169 (54.4)
11 (9.6)
31 (22.0)
<0.001
0.044
0.48 (0.24–0.982)
 N1
523 (21.7)
461 (21.4)
23 (20.0)
39 (27.7)
0.044


 N2
490 (20.4)
383 (17.8)
56 (48.7)
51 (36.2)
<0.001
0.058
1.95 (0.98–3.86)
 Nx
182 (7.6)
137 (6.4)
25 (21.7)
20 (14.2)

 
 
Histology
AdenoCA
1811 (75.3)
1648 (76.7)
64 (55.7)
99 (70.2)
0.082
 
 
Mucinous
349 (14.5)
295 (13.7)
27 (23.5)
27 (19.1)
0.072
 
 
Signet Ring
29 (1.2)
15 (0.7)
8 (7.0)
6 (4.3)
0.001
0.300
0.63 (0.26–1.51)
Other
210 (8.7)
188 (8.7)
13 (11.3)
9 (6.4)

 
 
NR
7 (0.3)
4 (0.2)
3 (2.6)
0

 
 
Grading
 G1
73 (3.0)
67 (3.1)
4 (3.5)
2 (1.4)
0.253
 
 
 G2
1602 (66.6)
1491 (69.3)
36 (31.3)
75 (53.2)
0.047
0.83
0.95 (0.58–1.54)
 G3
346 (14.4)
288 (13.4)
32 (27.8)
26 (18.4)
0.047
0.67
1.21 (0.676–1.52)
 G4
15 (0.6)
13 (0.6)
2 (1.7)
0

 
 
 Gx
370 (15.4)
291 (13.5)
41 (35.7)
38 (26.9)

 
 
L invasion
658 (41)
557 (37.6)
60 (87.0)
41 (78.8)
0.406
 
 
V invasion 196 (13.1) 168 (11.9) 22 (45.8) 37 (2.5) 0.073    

Abbreviation: NR=not reported.

P-values and hazard ratios (HRs) concern noPC vs metaPC. If univariate analysis showed significant influence, a multivariate analysis (Cox regression) was performed and multivariate P-values along with HR were given.