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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Lung Cancer. 2013 Jul 1;14(5):581–591. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2013.05.002

Table 4.

Univariate Survival Analysis

Kaplan-Meier Analysis Univariate Cox Regression
Variable N Median OS months 95% CI H.R. 95% CI Wald test P value
All Patients 376 30.8 24.7 – 36.9
Gender <0.001
 Female 227 39.1 27.2 – 51.0 1.00
 Male 149 23.0 17.8 – 28.2 1.68 1.26 – 2.25
Race 0.65
 Caucasian 295 33.0 25.9 – 40.0 1.00
 African American 51 23.7 18.3 – 29.0 1.27 0.85 – 1.89
 Asian American 13 33.2 18.6 – 47.8 1.07 0.47 – 2.42
 Other 12 17.9 ND 1.33 0.55 – 3.26
Smoking status 0.01
 Never smoker 78 53.0 24.4 – 81.6 1.00
 Ever smoker 296 28.8 23.2 – 34.4 1.66 1.11 – 2.46
ECOG PS <0.001
 0 125 43.0 30.0 – 55.9 1.00
 1 149 24.4 16.1 – 32.8 1.33 0.94 – 1.90
 2+ 34 14.9 13.2 – 16.6 2.57 1.64 – 4.04
Histology 0.20
 AdenoCA 298 34.1 26.8 – 41.4 1.00
 Squamous 30 22.1 9.0 – 35.2 1.64 1.03 – 2.60
 Adenosquamous 14 17.9 14.6 – 21.2 1.51 0.77 – 2.97
 NOS* 20 49.0 0.0 – 104.1 0.93 0.49 – 1.77
 Large cell 8 26.2 9.8 – 42.6 1.44 0.53 – 3.89
Original Stage 0.10
 I 43 39.7 18.8 – 60.6 1.00
 II 33 49.7 25.2 – 74.3 0.88 0.41 – 1.87
 III 121 27.1 22.2 – 31.9 1.36 0.76 – 2.44
 IV 179 28.8 19.7 – 38.0 1.60 0.91 – 2.80
EGFR Mutation (any) 0.09
 Positive 60 46.8 26.4 – 67.3 1.00
 Negative 303 29.6 22.9 – 36.3 1.48 0.95 – 2.32
EGFR Exon 19 Mutation 0.09
 Positive 38 46.8 26.1 – 67.6 1.00
 Negative 329 29.6 23.2 – 36.1 1.59 0.93 – 2.69
EGFR L858R Mutation 0.70
 Positive 22 ND 1.00
 Negative 343 30.8 24.5 – 37.0 1.16 0.54 – 2.48
KRAS Mutation status 0.69
 Mutant 83 32.7 20.3 – 45.1 0.93 0.64 – 1.34
 Wild type 207 33.0 25.0 – 41.0 1.00
Brain Metastases 0.52
 No 290 32.7 25.0 – 40.4 1.00
 Yes 85 28.8 19.7 – 37.9 1.11 0.80 – 1.54
Liver Metastases 0.004
 No 333 35.4 28.6 – 42.2 1.00
 Yes 42 20.3 15.3 – 25.4 1.79 1.20 – 2.67
Subcutaneous Metastases 0.79
 No 370 30.8 24.5 – 37.0 1.00
 Yes 5 16.8 0.0 – 64.9 1.15 0.42 – 3.11
Bone Metastases 0.001
 No 265 39.1 26.7 – 51.5 1.00
 Yes 110 24.4 17.2 – 31.7 1.62 1.20 – 2.18
Age 1.02 1.00 – 1.03 0.01
Charlson Comorbidity Index 1.25 1.14 – 1.36 <0.001
Age-weighted Comorbidity Index 1.20 1.12 – 1.29 <0.001

HR = Hazard Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval

ND = Not defined

*

Not Otherwise Specified (Poorly Differentiated)