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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2015 Dec 21;222(4):480–490. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.12.013

Table 3.

Factors Associated with Recurrence-Free and Overall Survival in All Patients

Variable Univariate Multivariable
HR 95% CI p Value HR 95% CI p Value
Recurrence-free survival
 Age, y 1.0 1.0–1.0 0.22
 Hormone secretion 1.6 1.1–2.4   0.03* 1.3 0.8–2.0 0.31
 Familial syndrome 0.4 0.1–3.0 0.39
 Intraoperative tumor rupture 1.6 0.8–3.0 0.16
 Stage
  I 1.0 Ref Ref 1.0 Ref Ref
  II 1.4 0.5–4.2 0.50 1.5 0.4–5.0 0.53
  III 2.8 1.0–7.8 0.06 2.7 0.8–9.1 0.10
  IV 4.8 1.7–13.9     0.004* 4.0 1.2–14.0   0.03*
 R1 0.7 0.4–1.2 0.14
 Postoperative adrenal insufficiency 1.3 0.8–2.1 0.34
 Complication 1.1 0.7–1.7 0.65
 Adjuvant radiation 1.1 0.6–2.2 0.78
 Adjuvant chemotherapy 1.4 0.8–2.4 0.19
 Mitotane 1.8 1.2–2.7   0.01* 1.4 0.9–2.2 0.21
Overall survival
 Age, y 1.0 1.0–1.0 0.79
 Hormone secretion 1.7 1.1–2.6   0.01* 2.3 1.2–4.3   0.01*
 Familial syndrome 0.9 0.2–3.8 0.91
 Intraoperative tumor rupture 1.6 0.8–3.0 0.20
 Stage
  I 1.0 Ref Ref 1.0 Ref Ref
  II 3.7 0.5–21.8 0.21 1.8 0.2–14.3 0.59
  III 6.4 0.8–49.5 0.08 1.6 0.2–13.2 0.65
  IV 17.3 2.3–132.3 0.01 7.9 1.0–63.9 0.05
 R0 1.0 Ref Ref 1.0 Ref Ref
 R1 2.8 1.8–4.6   <0.001* 2.8 1.5–5.4     0.002*
 R2 4.3 2.0–9.3 <0.001* 4.4 1.3–14.5   0.02*
 Postoperative adrenal insufficiency 1.5 0.9–2.5 0.17
 Complication 1.8 1.1–2.9   0.03* 0.9 0.5–1.7 0.70
 Adjuvant radiation 1.1 0.5–2.5 0.76
 Adjuvant chemotherapy 1.7 1.0–2.8   0.048* 0.4 0.2–0.9   0.03*
 Mitotane 1.8 1.2–2.8   0.01* 0.88 0.5–1.6 0.68
*

Significant.

HR, hazard ratio; R0, microscopically negative margin; R1, microscopically positive margin; R2, grossly positive margin; Ref, reference.