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. 2015 May 27;124(1):119–126. doi: 10.1007/s11060-015-1815-0

Table 2.

Univariate association between patient characteristics and survival in derivation set

Characteristic HR 95 % CI P-value
Median TWM glucose
≤6.3 mmol/L Reference
>6.3 mmol/L 1.59 (1.15,2.19) 0.005
Mean TWM dexamethasone dose, per mg 1.05 (1.02,1.08) 0.0005
Age, per year 1.02 (1.003,1.04) 0.02
BMI, kg/m2 1.00 (0.97,1.04) 0.76
Sex, female versus male 1.25 (0.90,1.75) 0.19
ECOG
0 or 1 Reference
2 or 3 1.88 (1.17,3.01) 0.009
Pre-existing Diabetes, no versus yes 1.50 (0.89,2.53) 0.13
Metformin, no versus yes 1.02 (0.65,1.61) 0.92
Surgery, biopsy versus partial/subtotal 0.57 (0.39,0.84) 0.004

BMI body mass index, ECOG eastern cooperative oncology group, TWM time weighted mean