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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2014 Mar 25;133(3):473–479. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.03.563

Table 4.

Risk factors for LVSI in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma

Univariate Multivariate*

No. LVSI (%) OR (95%CI) P-value OR (95%CI) P-value
Age 0.002 0.007
 < 70 90 90.0% 1 1
 ≥ 70 31 64.5% 0.20 (0.07-0.55) 0.19 (0.06-0.63)

Race 0.57
 Non-White 19 78.9% 1
 White 102 84.3% 1.43 (0.42-4.88)

CA125 0.20
 <35 2 50% 1
 ≥35 60 86.7% 6.50 (0.37-114)

Stage 0.002 0.006
 I and II 6 16.7% 1 1
 III and IV 115 87.0% 33.3 (3.64-305) 38.7 (3.40-439)

Cytoreduction 0.08
 Sub-optimal 71 88.7% 1
 Optimal 50 76.0% 0.40 (0.15-1.07)

p53 0.81
 No 34 85.3% 1
 Yes 85 83.5% 0.87 (0.29-2.65)

MDR1 0.83
 No 96 85.4% 1
 Yes 16 87.5% 1.20 (0.25-5.84)

EGFR 0.91
 No 48 83.3% 1
 Yes 63 82.5% 0.95 (0.35-2.57)

HER2 0.55
 No 88 83.0% 1
 Yes 32 87.5% 1.44 (0.44-4.71)

ER 0.002 0.039
 No 15 53.3% 1 1
 Yes 98 87.8% 6.27 (1.93-20.4) 4.48 (1.08-18.6)

PR 1.0
 No 102 81.4% 1
 Yes 10 100% na

DNA anuploid 0.42
 No 19 89.5% 1
 Yes 99 81.8% 0.53 (0.11-2.50)

S-phase fraction 0.95
<11% 70 82.9% 1
≥11% 48 83.3% 1.03 (0.39-2.76)

P-values for binary logistic regression test.

*

multivariate analysis with conditional backward method. Abbreviations: No., number of cases; LVSI, lymphovascular space invasion; OR, odds ratio; 95%CI, 95% confidence interval; MDR1, multi-drug resistance 1; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor, HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; ER, estrogen receptor alpha; and PR, progesterone receptor; na not available.