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. 2014 May 20;16(8):1100–1109. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nou085

Table 2.

Survival analyses

Parameters Overall Survival
Malignant Progression-free survival
Unadjusted Hazard Ratio (HR)
Adjusted Hazard Ratio
Unadjusted Hazard Ratio
Adjusted Hazard Ratio
HR 95% CI P HRa 95% CI P HR 95% CI P HRa 95% CI P
Clinical parameters
Sex
 Female 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Male 5.06 1.72–21.5 .002 10.22 2.58–17.8 .001 162 0.94–2.88 .082 1.77 0.88–3.74 .108
Age
 <40 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 ≥40 1.10 0.48–2.60 .821 1.26 0.74–2.18 .389
Increased intracranial pressure
 No 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Yes 1.58 0.79–2.09 .667 5.33 0.85–17.9 .067 11.31 1.44–59.7 .024
Neurological deficit
 No 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Yes 1.03 0.26–5.18 .964 1.25 0.56–2.52 .562
Seizures
 Yes 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 No 4.13 1.40–11.6 .011 3.69 0.56–20.4 .161 1.12 0.58–2.38 .752
KPS
 >70 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 ≥70 2.84 0.44–10.1 .224 2.32 0.70–5.76 .151 1.30 0.18–5.38 .745
Imaging parameters
Cerebral lobes involved
 1 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 ≥2 1.99 0.84–4.7 .113 2.31 0.37–16.1 .373 1.36 0.73–2.42 .314
Corpus callosum involvement
 No 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Yes 4.69 1.07–14.6 .042 1.35 0.19–7.83 .743 2.03 0.61–5.02 .220
Anatomic location
 Frontal 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Temporal 1.63 0.57–4.32 .352 1.94 0.93–3.83 .074 2.05 0.63–5.95 .215
 Parietal 1.43 0.31–4.69 .599 1.92 0.84–4.01 .116 4.20 1.28–12.99 .019
 Insular 0.92 0.21–2.99 .896 1.53 0.72–3.07 .252 2.29 0.53–8.12 .069
Contrast enhancement
 No 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Yes 1.79 0.03–2.67 .001 2.29 0.02–21.5 .774 1.95 0.74–4.24 .159 1.98 0.67–5.04 .206
Tumor volume, cm3
 <100 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 ≥100 2.44 1.15–4.72 .0022 9.69 1.49–70.1 .017 2.44 1.14–4.72 .022 1.41 0.47–3.76 .514
VDE
 <8 mm/y 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 ≥8 mm/y 6.61 2.69–12.2 <.0001 26.3 5.42–185.2 <.0001 4.18 2.30–7.35 <.0001 4.23 1.81–9.40 .001
Histopathological parameters
Histological subtype
 Astrocytoma 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Oligodendroglioma 0.94 0.31–4.09 .926 0.92 0.45–2.05 .819
 Mixed glioma 0.88 0.22–4.35 .873 1.09 0.48–2.67 .826
Oligodendroglial component
 Yes 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 No 1.41 0.40–3.81 .549 0.91 0.47–1.94 .806
Proliferation rates
 <5% 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 ≥5% 1.28 0.53–3.27 .577 1.13 0.62–2.02 .684
1p19q Codeletion
 Yes 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 No 3.91 1.11–24.7 .031 2.92 0.35–60.9 .353 1.50 0.80–2.87 .220
p53 Overexpression
 No 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Yes 2.42 0.95–7.41 .062 1.38 0.26–11.32 .720 1.33 0.77–2.34 .307
IDH1 expression
 Yes 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 No 3.27 1.03–8.84 .044 17.86 2.15–200.1 .007 2.05 1.03–3.79 .042 2.39 1.19–4.66 .019
Therapeutic parameters
First-line surgery
 No 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Yes 0.41 0.16–0.97 .042 2.05 0.57–7.83 .270 0.53 0.31–0.90 .018 0.40 0.20–0.83 .015
First-line surgery
 Biopsy 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Partial removal 0.18 0.01–0.88 .031 0.21 0.04–1.52 .088 0.44 0.15–1.05 .067 0.27 0.07–0.83 .021
 Subtotal removal 0.59 0.21–1.47 .265 0.22 0.05–0.91 .038 0.64 0.34–1.14 .127 0.51 0.24–1.11 .091
 Total removal 0.31 0.02–1.58 .188 0.23 0.02–6.99 .349 0.34 0.08–0.94 .038 0.25 0.05–0.85 .025

Boldface indicates statistically significant.