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Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2014 Jul 18;21(13):4226–4231. doi: 10.1245/s10434-014-3891-3

Table 4. Univariate/multivariate analysis to evaluate the higher mortality associated with diaphragmatic resection.

Characteristic	Univariate p	Multivariate p
Diaphragm resection	0.07	0.01
Type of primary (appendiceal/colon)	<0.001
Diabetes	0.01	0.005
Heart disease	0.42
Lung disease	0.57
Smoking	0.08
ECOG	0.08
R status	0.02
Albumin	0.02
Total organs	0.53
Number of comorbidities	0.005

Bold values denote statistical significance