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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 May 1;42(9):644–652. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001870

TABLE 3.

Univariate Analysis of Variables Using Kaplan-Meier Method

Characteristic OS (Log-rank P) DSS (Log-rank P)
Age at diagnosis <0.001 <0.001
Race/Ethnicity
 White vs. Black 0.031 0.026
 Black vs. Other 0.113 0.078
 White vs. Other 0.703 0.604
Sex 0.073 0.065
Decade of diagnosis 0.100 0.146
Tumor grade <0.001 <0.001
Subtypes
 NOS vs. myxoid 0.356 0.302
 NOS vs. mesenchymal 0.074 0.003
 NOS vs. dedifferentiated 0.001 <0.001
 Myxoid vs. mesenchymal 0.203 0.044
 Myxoid vs. dedifferentiated 0.004 0.001
 Mesenchymal vs. dedifferentiated 0.725 0.836
Surgical resection <0.001 <0.001
Radiation therapy performed <0.001 <0.001
Treatment modality <0.001 <0.001
 Surgery + radiation vs. surgery only <0.001 <0.001
 Surgery + radiation vs. radiation only <0.001 <0.001
 Surgery + radiation vs. no therapy <0.001 0.001
 Surgery vs. radiation only <0.001 <0.001
 Surgery vs. no therapy <0.001 <0.001
 Radiation vs. no therapy <0.001 0.659
Extent of disease <0.001 <0.001
Size (cm) <0.001 <0.001

DSS indicates disease-specific survival; OS, overall survival.