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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Urol. 2016 Oct 8;71(2):281–289. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.09.042

Table 2.

Results of the multivariate, platinum stratified, Cox model for OS (primary endpoint) and PFS using variable selection based on p-value significance. Factors in the final model in the development sample.

OS PFS

Factor HR 95% CI P* HR 95% CI P*

WBC (×103/μL): 0.013
6.3 (1st Quartile) Ref. Ref.
10.3 (3rd Quartile) 1.10 1.02–1.20

ECOG-PS: <0.001 <0.001
0 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
1 1.76 1.37–2.26 1.54 1.25–1.90
≥2 2.39 1.69–3.38 1.81 1.35–2.42
Unknown 1.53 1.14–2.06 1.38 1.07–1.78

BMI: 0.003
23.6 (1st Quartile) Ref. Ref.
29.1 (33d Quartile) 0.80 0.69–0.93

Lung-Liver-Bone metastases: <0.001 <0.001
Yes vs No 1.68 1.38–2.04 1.63 1.38–1.94

Ethnicity: 0.012
Not Hispanic/L, White Ref. Ref.
Hispanic/L 1.42 1.03–1.97
Not Hispanic/L, Black 0.77 0.39–1.51
Other/mixed 0.44 0.21–0.95
Unknown 0.62 0.36–1.07

Prior peri-operative chemotherapy:
Yes vs No 1.38 1.07–1.78 0.012 1.29 1.02–1.63 0.033

Age
59 (1st Quartile) Ref. Ref. 0.030
73 (3rd Quartile) 0.72 0.57–0.90

Abbreviations: BMI: body-mass index; CI: confidence interval; ECOG-PS: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-Performance Status; HR: hazard ratio; L: latino; PFS: progression-free survival; OS: overall survival; WBC: white blood cell count.

*

P: two-sided Wald test p value.