Table 4.

Multivariate analysis to identify predictors of overall survival in GI cancer patients with an mGPS of 1 or 2.

Variables	Univariate			Multivariate
Gender (male)	HR	95%CI	p value	HR	95%CI	p value
	1.17	0.32–4.24	0.81	0.92	0.19–4.38	0.92
Age (≧72-year-old)#	0.57	0.2–1.64	0.29	0.76	0.19–2.95	0.69
Type of gastrointestinal cancer	2.02	0.91–4.49	0.08	2.39	0.86–6.62	0.09
UICC TNM stage classification	0.77	0.34–1.75	0.54	1.53	0.59–4.00	0.38
With/Without FO-enriched nutrition	0.23	0.07–0.75	0.015*	0.24	0.06–0.98	0.045*

^#The median age at treatment was 72 years in this cohort. HR: Hazard ratio.

*p  <  0.05.