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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg Pathol. 2014 Jan;38(1):128–137. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000086

TABLE 4.

Univariate Log Rank Survival Analysis for the Major Clinical and Pathologic Variables and for the Image Analysis Classifier QuHbIC

Variable Overall Survival, HR (95% CI) P Disease-free Survival P Disease-specific Survival P
Age 1.02 (0.98-1.06) 0.47 1.02 (0.99-1.06) 0.29 1 (0.95-1.06) 0.91
Sex
    Male vs. female 3.82 (0.52-28.02) 0.16 3.85 (0.53-28.22) 0.15 NA* (0-Inf) 0.18
Race
    Nonwhite vs. white 0.56 (0.08-4.14) 0.57 0.48 (0.07-3.55) 0.47 1.28 (0.17-9.88) 0.81
Smoking
    Ever vs. never 4.9 (1.48-16.18) 0.0039 3.98 (1.39-11.37) 0.0053 6.72 (0.88-51.43) 0.033
Treatment
    Surgery and/or postoperative radiation vs. definitive 0.21 (0.1-0.44) 0.00001 0.2 (0.1-0.42) < 0.00001 0.09 (0.03-0.27) < 0.00001
Overall stage
    III-IV vs. I-II 2.22 (0.3-16.32) 0.42 1 (0.24-4.17) 0.99 NA* (0-Inf) 0.33
Chemotherapy
    Yes vs. no 2.49 (1.09-5.69) 0.026 2.08 (0.95-4.57) 0.063 2.62 (0.74-9.27) 0.12
T-stage (%)
    T3-T4 vs. T1-T2 3.41 (1.64-7.08) 0.00046 2.74 (1.36-5.51) 0.0033 7.52 (2.26-25.02) 0.00011
N-stage (%)
    N1-3 vs. N0 3.06 (0.41-22.61) 0.25 1.41 (0.34-5.93) 0.63 NA* (0-Inf) 0.27
N-stage
    N2C or N3 vs. N0-N2B 2.62 (1.15-5.94) 0.017 2.27 (1.01-5.07) 0.040 5.55 (1.86-16.58) 0.00055
N-stage
    N2B-N3 vs. N0-N2A 2.28 (1-5.17) 0.043 1.59 (0.75-3.34) 0.22 2.07 (0.62-6.88) 0.23
Resection margin status
    Positive vs. negative 0.73 (0.17-3.16) 0.67 0.69 (0.16-2.97) 0.61 1.16 (0.14-9.98) 0.89
ACE Comorbidity Index
    2 or 3 vs. 0 or 1 1.45 (0.59-3.57) 0.41 1.37 (0.57-3.34) 0.48 1.65 (0.45-6.01) 0.44
QuHbIC
    Positive vs. negative 3.2 (1.53-6.7) 0.0011 3.64 (1.79-7.41) 0.00013 10.11 (3.36-30.38) < 0.00001
*

Insufficient numbers in subgroups to generate a hazard ratio.

P-values calculated from log rank tests.

CI indicates confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.

Values in bold are statistically significant, P < 0.05