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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg. 2016 Apr 1;126(1):319–329. doi: 10.3171/2015.12.JNS152443

Table 6.

Univariate and multivariate predictors of adverse disease-specific survival

Univariate Multivariate

HR (95% CI) P Value HR (95% CI) P Value
Age, ≥ 45 v. < 45 1.18 (0.77–1.81) 0.438
Sex, female v. male 0.66 (0.43–0.99) 0.047 1.53 (0.81–2.91) 0.194
Subtype
  Sporadic v. NF1-associated 0.59 (0.39–0.91) 0.016 1.00 (0.48–2.06) 0.997
  Sporadic v. RT-associated 0.52 (0.26–1.08) 0.058 1.35 (0.48–3.75) 0.568
Histology, epithelioid/Triton v. MPNST 0.59 (0.27–1.29) 0.192
Size, ≥ 10 cm v. < 10 cm 3.14 (1.88–5.23) <0.001 1.78 (0.91–3.84) 0.092
Location, trunk v. extremity or head/neck 1.56 (1.07–2.27) 0.021 1.92 (1.03–3.58) 0.039
Depth, deep v. superficial 2.37 (0.75–7.52) 0.141
Chemotherapy, yes v. no 1.68 (1.12–2.53) 0.012 1.46 (0.76–2.08) 0.261
Radiation therapy, yes v. no 0.64 (0.43–0.97) 0.035 0.81 (0.46–1.47) 0.501
Margins, positive v. negative 2.14 (1.32–3.45) 0.002 2.41 (1.19–4.84) 0.014
Local recurrence, yes v. no 2.46 (1.63–3.72) <0.001 1.95 (0.96–3.89) 0.059
Distant recurrence, yes v. no 4.61 (2.83–7.52) <0.001 10.7 (4.89–23.5) <0.001

Bold indicates statistical significance p < 0.05.