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. 2013 Jul 23;13:354. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-354

Table 4.

Variables associated with overall survival among 284 patients

Co-variable
No.
Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
    MST (months)  P  Variate OR 95% CI  P
Age
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 < 70
231
22.8
 
 
 
 
 
 > 70
53
24.3
0.625
 
 
 
 
Gender
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Male
168
20.1
 
 
 
 
 
 Female
116
32.4
0.0086
Female
1.06
0.75-1.58
0.75
Smoking status
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Yes
174
20.1
 
 
 
 
 
 No
110
33.4
0.0012
No smoking status
0.84
0.52-1.24
0.39
ECOG PS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 0-1
238
29.5
 
 
 
 
 
 >2
46
7.9
<.0001
PS 0-1
0.34
0.24-0.50
<.0001
Stage
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 IIIB
25
30.2
 
 
 
 
 
 IV
259
22.5
0.269
 
 
 
 
EGFR mutation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mt (+)
121
39.2
 
 
 
 
 
 Mt (−)
163
17.8
<.0001
Mutant EGFR
0.53
0.34-0.84
0.0069
PCV
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 < 2.2 ng/ml
150
38.6
 
 
 
 
 
 ≥ 2.2 ng/ml
134
15.0
<.0001
< 2.2 ng/ml
0.43
0.31-0.59
<.0001
CEA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 < 5.0 ng/ml
108
32.6
 
 
 
 
 
 ≥ 5.0 ng/ml
176
21.0
0.036
< 5.0 ng/ml
0.93
0.67-1.26
0.63
Start dates of IT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Before 1/ 4/ 2008
79
34.1
 
After 1/ 4/ 2008
 
 
 
 After 1/ 4/ 2008
205
19.3
0.0030
 
0.73
0.50-1.15
0.07
EGFR-TKI treatment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Yes
143
33.7
 
 
 
 
 
 No 141 15.3 <.0001 Yes 0.76 0.50-1.15 0.20

IT: initial therapy, PCV: pretreatment CYFRA 21–1 value, Mt(+): mutant EGFR, M(−): wild-type EGFR.