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. 2015 Oct 15;8(10):18245–18254.

Table 2.

Univariate analysis and multivariate analysis of prognostic factors associated with OS

Variables Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis


HR (95% CI) P HR (95% CI) P
Age > 60 0.86 (0.60-1.49) 0.591
Sex female 1.46 (0.80-2.67) 0.217
Body mass index > Median (22.2) 0.8 (0.47-1.41) 0.461
Serum albumin ≤ 35 g/L 2.85 (1.55-5.26) 0.001 2.29 (1.18-4.47) 0.015
Serum CA-199 (U/ml) > 37 0.97 (0.52-1.80) 0.912
Serum CEA (ng/ml) > 5 1.45 (0.83-2.51) 0.188
ASA score 3-4 1.59 (0.70-3.61) 0.265
Child-Pugh B 0.84 (0.42-1.68) 0.623
Liver cirrhosis 1.28 (0.65-2.49) 0.475
Tumor size > 5 cm 1.82 (1.04-3.20) 0.035
Multiple tumors 1.06 (0.55-2.03) 0.865
Poor differentiation 3.24 (1.81-5.83) < 0.001
Lymphonodus metastasis 5.91 (2.78-12.59) < 0.001
TNM stage III+IV 10.33 (4.73-22.60) < 0.001 7.94 (3.54-17.81) < 0.001
Clavien grade ≥ 3 0.82 (0.39-1.75) 0.609
Sarcopenia 3.40 (1.91-6.03) < 0.001 3.01 (1.65-5.51) < 0.001

CA19-9 carbohydrate antigen 19-9; CEA carcino-embryonic antigen; ASA score American Society of Anaesthesiologists score; TNM tumor-node-metastasis; HR hazard ratio; CI confidential interval; Variables in bold are statistically significant in multivariate analysis (P < 0.05).