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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Oncol. 2014 Sep 1;111(2):158–164. doi: 10.1002/jso.23780

Table 3.

Cox Proportional Hazards Multivariable Analysis of Clinicopathologic Variables and Predictors of Overall and Disease-Specific Survival for Synovial Sarcoma Patients Undergoing Surgery, (N=1,189)

Variable (Predictor) Hazard Ratio for Overall
Survival in Synovial
Sarcoma Patients
(95% Confidence
Interval)
P value Hazard Ratio for
Disease-Specific
Survival in Synovial
Sarcoma Patients
(95% Confidence
Interval)
P value
Age at Diagnosis *1.02 (1.01–1.03) P<0.001 1.01 (0.99–1.02) P=0.391
Male *1.63 (1.22–2.17) P<0.001 *1.73 (1.27–2.35) P<0.001
Race
    White
    Black
    Asian or Pacific Islander
    Other

1.00 (referent)
2.14 (1.43–3.22)
0.83 (0.43–1.59)
0.54 (0.07–3.94)
P=0.002
1.00 (referent)
2.43 (1.61–3.67)
0.66 (0.31–1.41)
0.66 (0.09–4.92)
P<0.001
Anatomic Site
    Extremity
    Head & Neck
    Thoracic
    Trunk
    Abdominal

1.00 (referent)
1.88 (1.09–3.24)
2.60 (1.54–4.38)
1.80 (1.25–2.58)
2.20 (0.78–6.17)
P<0.001
1.00 (referent)
1.71 (0.94–3.13)
2.68 (1.52–4.72)
1.88 (1.28–2.76)
2.45 (0.87–6.91)
P<0.001
Grade
    Low
    Intermediate
    High
    Unknown

1.00 (referent)
0.83 (0.34–2.02)
0.95 (0.41–2.23)
0.73 (0.31–1.70)
P=0.412
1.00 (referent)
0.80 (0.30–2.13)
1.09 (0.43–2.76)
0.78 (0.31–1.96)
P=0.226
SEER Stage
    Localized
    Regional
    Unstaged

1.00 (referent)
1.61 (1.19–2.19)
4.88 (2.31–10.3)
P<0.001
1.00 (referent)
1.83 (1.32–2.54)
3.73 (1.51–9.19)
P<0.001
Type of Surgery
    Marginal
    Ablation
    Biopsy
    Radical
    Surgery NOS

1.00 (referent)
0.76 (0.46–1.24)
44.6 (8.91–223.3)
1.19 (0.86–1.64)
6.01 (2.06–17.5)
P<0.001
1.00 (referent)
0.74 (0.43–1.28)
30.2 (3.56 –256.8)
1.17 (0.83–1.65)
5.16 (1.53 –17.4)
P<0.001
Radiation
    No
    Yes

1.00 (referent)
0.65 (0.48 –0.88)
P=0.005
1.00 (referent)
0.62 (0.45–0.86)
P=0.003
Tumor Size in cm *1.13 (1.10–1.16) P<0.001 *1.13 (1.10–1.17) P<0.001