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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2015 Aug 18;23(1):126–133. doi: 10.1245/s10434-015-4810-y

TABLE 3.

Univariable and multivariable analysis of recurrence-free survival of adrenocortical carcinoma who underwent curative resection

Characteristic Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
HR (95 % CI) p value HR (95 % CI) p value
Age 0.99 (0.98–1.01) 0.32
Male sex 1.14 (0.78–1.67) 0.50
Tumor size 1.04 (1.01–1.07) 0.02 1.07 (1.01–1.13) 0.03
Hormone functional 1.64 (1.10–2.44) 0.02 1.39 (0.78–2.50) 0.26
Laterality
 Left Ref
 Right 1.05 (0.72–1.52) 0.82
T stage
 T1/T2 Ref Ref
 T3/T4 1.91 (1.28–2.85) 0.002 1.71 (0.84–3.49) 0.14
Capsular invasion 2.14 (1.32–3.49) 0.002 2.36 (1.21–4.64) 0.01
N stage
 N0 Ref Ref
 N1 3.15 (1.52–6.52) 0.002 1.93 (0.44–8.40) 0.38
 Nx 1.14 (0.71–1.85) 0.59 1.28 (0.59–2.78) 0.53
Operation type
 Open abdominal or posterior Ref
 Minimally invasive Surgery 0.72 (0.44–1.18) 0.19
 Thoracoabdominal surgery 1.08 (0.64–1.85) 0.76
Multiorgan resection 1.20 (0.82–1.77) 0.36
Tumor rupture during surgery 1.42 (0.76–2.68) 0.27
Margin
 R0 Ref Ref
 R1 1.27 (1.01–1.60) 0.04 0.85 (0.39–1.83) 0.68
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy 0.68 (0.09–4.86) 0.70
Adjuvants radiotherapy 1.48 (0.74–2.96) 0.27
Adjuvant chemotherapy 1.53 (0.90–2.61) 0.12
Adjuvant mitotane 1.82 (1.16–2.80) 0.006 1.43 (0.73–2.80) 0.29

HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval