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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Oncol. 2014 Jul 17;50(9):802–808. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2014.06.018

Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of the association between tumor stage, gross tumor volume (GTV), and metabolic tumor volume (MTV).

Variable Distant Metastases Disease Progression or Death Death
HR HR 95% CI p HR HR 95% CI p HR HR 95% CI p
Tumor stage 0.99 0.52–1.88 0.982 1.05 0.65–1.68 0.850 1.16 0.70–1.94 0.565
GTV 0.95 0.81–1.10 0.480 0.94 0.82–1.07 0.314 0.92 0.80–1.06 0.241
MTV 2.47 1.46–4.17 0.001 2.17 1.40–3.38 0.001 2.37 1.44–3.89 0.001

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.