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. 2017 Aug;8(4):614–624. doi: 10.21037/jgo.2017.03.10

Table 2. Updated survival analysis of all patients in the MORE study, stratified by baseline characteristics*.

Characteristic N Survival, months P-values between subgroups, P-value (log-rank)
Median 95% CI
All 606 10.0 9.2–11.8
Sex 0.59
   Female 233 9.5 8.9–12.1
   Male 373 10.4 9.1–12.2
Age 0.26
   <70 years 446 10.4 9.2–12.0
   ≥70 years 160 9.4 8.0–12.1
ECOG performance status 0.004
   0 168 11.2 9.2–13.1
   1 72 8.5 6.5–12.8
   2 14 5.5 2.3–12.2
   3 3 5.0 1.3–11.0
Ascites <0.001
   No 563 10.8 9.3–12.1
   Yes (controlled) 5 2.4 0.7–22.9
   Yes (uncontrolled) 23 5.5 3.8–7.4
Extra-hepatic metastases <0.001
   No 393 12.3 11.2–13.9
   Yes 213 7.7 6.4–8.7
In-situ primary 0.01
   No 522 10.5 9.2–12.1
   Yes 78 8.2 6.3–12.0
Metastases 0.015
   Metachronous 173 11.3 9.2–13.9
   Synchronous 396 9.4 8.7–11.1
Tumor-to-target liver involvement <0.001
   <25% 388 13.1 11.6–14.0
   25-50% 148 6.7 5.9–8.2
   >50% 22 6.5 3.6–11.0
Prior lines of chemotherapy <0.001
   0 (RE 1st line) 35 15.6 9.3–21.4
   1 (RE 2nd-line) 206 13.2 10.9–15.5
   2 (RE 3rd-line) 184 9.1 7.8–11.2
   3+ (RE 4th+ line) 158 8.1 6.4–9.3
Lung shunt <0.001
   ≤10% 526 10.8 9.4–12.2
   >10% 70 6.8 5.2–9.0
Albumin, CTC grade <0.001
   0 392 13.1 12.1–14.4
   ≥1 199 6.4 5.4–7.1
Alkaline phosphatase, CTC grade <0.001
   0 241 16.3 14.4–18.3
   ≥1 351 7.2 6.5–8.2
Aspartate aminotransferase, CTC grade <0.001
   0 296 14.6 13.0–15.9
   ≥1 294 7.4 6.4–8.7
Carcinoembryonic antigen <0.001
   <median (62.2) 215 15.6 13.1–17.7
   ≥median (62.2) 215 7.4 6.6–8.5
Hemoglobin, CTC grade <0.001
   0 356 12.3 10.8–14.0
   ≥1 238 8.1 6.5–9.3
Total bilirubin, CTC grade 0.013
   0 556 10.8 9.4–12.1
   ≥1 37 3.8 2.7–8.5

*, P-value by ANOVA for continuous variables, etc., as described in Methods.