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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Spine J. 2016 Nov 14;17(5):645–655. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2016.11.002

Table 5.

Cox proportional hazards model for multivariate analysis

Characteristic Overall survival
Disease-specific survival
HR (95% CI) p-Value HR (95% CI) p-Value
All osteosarcoma cases (n=648)
Age 1.03 (1.02–1.04) <.001 1.02 (1.01–1.03) <.001
Race 1.13 (0.90–1.42) .310 1.11 (0.83–1.50) .473
Sex 0.78 (0.57–1.07) .124 0.80 (0.54–1.19) .276
Decade of diagnosis 0.77 (0.59–0.99) .049 0.83 (0.60–1.15) .261
Tumor subtype 1.01 (0.91–1.12) .918 1.04 (0.93–1.16) .545
Surgery 0.55 (0.40–0.77) <.001 0.46 (0.31–0.69) <.001
Radiation therapy 1.48 (1.05–2.10) .027 1.79 (1.17–2.73) .007
Size (cm) 1.00 (0.98–1.03) .784 1.01 (0.98–1.05) .470
Extent of disease 2.49 (1.82–3.41) <.001 2.34 (1.57–3.48) <.001
Osteosarcoma: 1990–2012 (n=501)
Age 1.02 (1.01–1.03) <.001 1.02 (1.01–1.03) <.001
Race 1.12 (0.89–1.41) .317 1.10 (0.82–1.48) .517
Sex 0.81 (0.58–1.12) .205 0.82 (0.55–1.23) .336
Tumor subtype 1.01 (0.91–1.12) .824 1.04 (0.93–1.16) .491
Surgery 0.53 (0.38–0.75) <.001 0.45 (0.29–0.68) <.001
Radiation therapy 1.49 (1.05–2.12) .027 1.74 (1.13–2.66) .012
Size (cm) 1.02 (0.99–1.05) .202 1.02 (0.99–1.06) .267
Extent of disease 2.32 (1.68–3.20) <.001 2.23 (1.48–3.36) <.001
All Ewing sarcoma cases (n=736)
Age 1.03 (1.01–1.04) <.001 1.03 (1.02–1.05) <.001
Race 1.41 (1.08–1.83) .011 1.50 (1.12–2.00) .006
Sex 0.88 (0.65–1.21) .432 0.91 (0.65–1.26) .559
Decade of diagnosis 0.80 (0.61–1.03) .085 0.81 (0.61–1.07) .131
Surgery 0.69 (0.49–0.96) .030 0.72 (0.50–1.02) .064
Radiation therapy 0.78 (0.57–1.08) .139 0.82 (0.58–1.15) .238
Size (cm) 1.05 (1.03–1.08) <.001 1.05 (1.02–1.08) <.001
Extent of disease 2.72 (2.00–3.70) <.001 2.67 (1.94–3.68) <.001
Ewing sarcoma: 1990–2012 (n=596)
Age 1.02 (1.01–1.04) <.001 1.03 (1.02–1.05) <.001
Race 1.40 (1.06–1.84) .017 1.57 (1.17–2.11) .003
Sex 0.87 (0.63–1.20) .394 0.87 (0.63–1.22) .431
Surgery 0.64 (0.45–0.91) .012 0.69 (0.48–0.99) .046
Radiation therapy 0.76 (0.54–1.07) .113 0.76 (0.54–1.08) .126
Size (cm) 1.05 (1.02–1.09) .002 1.05 (1.01–1.08) .011
Extent of disease 2.56 (1.87–3.51) <.001 2.59 (1.87–3.58) <.001

CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.