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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2014 Jan;12(1):50–57. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2014.0006

Table 2.

Associations between clinical factors/laboratory values and overall survival (OS) for 240 patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in cohort. Median survival is shown in months with a 95% confidence interval (CI). All hazard ratios (HR) and p values are derived from univariate models.

Characteristic N Median OS (months) HR (95% CI) P
All cancer subjects 240 12.4 [11.1, 13.6]
HbA1c category
< 6.5 % 196 13.02 [8.54, 17.50] 1.00
≥ 6.5% 44 10.22 [7.31, 13.13] 1.74 (1.17, 2.60) 0.007
Age category
< 65 years 102 18.1 [14.5, 21.8] 1.00
≥ 65 years 138 10.3 [7.5, 13.0] 1.57 (1.13, 2.20) 0.008
Sex
Male 126 12.4 [11.3, 13.5] 1.00
Female 114 12.7 [7.6, 18.0] 0.99 (0.72, 1.38) 0.981
Race
White 211 12.4 [9.3, 15.4] 1.00
Non-White 29 11.5 [9.7, 13.3] 1.19 (0.74, 1.91) 0.476
ECOG
0 97 16.2 [12.0, 20.3] 1.00
1 89 10.9 [9.2, 12.5] 1.40 (0.99, 2.00) 0.059
2 12 5.1 [1.5, 8.6] 2.28 (1.09, 5.25) 0.030
CA19-9
< 90 U/mL 87 18.2 [11.6, 24.8] 1.00
≥ 90 U/mL 152 10.9 [11.1, 13.7] 1.45 (1.14, 1.85) 0.002
Current treatment for DM
None 228 12.4 [11.0, 13.7] 1.00
Oral medication 7 10.4 [5.2, 15.6] 2.38 (0.59, 9.66) 0.224
Insulin 5 23.2 [17.3, 29.1] 2.54 (0.46, 13.97) 0.284
Family History PDA
No 205 12.4 [11.3, 13.5] 1.00
Yes 32 10.7 [3.6, 17.8] 1.00 (0.67, 1.48) 0.957
Family History DM
No 226 12.4 [11.1, 13.7] 1.00
Yes 11 18.1 [3.1, 32.9] 0.83 (0.59, 1.17) 0.263
Tumor Diameter
<3 cm 77 18.2 [10.6, 25.8] 1.00
≥ 3 cm 143 11.2 [9.9, 12.53] 1.60 (1.16, 2.20) 0.004
Disease stage
R-PDA 62 20.5 [9.9, 31.1] 1.00
B-PDA 115 13.0 [9.2, 16.8] 1.72 (1.12, 2.64) 0.014
M-PDA 63 8.2 [7.1, 9.3] 2.70 (1.70, 4.29) <0.001