Table 3.
Combination of PNI and lymph node metastases as predictors of a decreased survival for patients with LARC
| Patients, n (s%) | DFS |
OS |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| univariate p value | HR (95s% CI) | multivariate p value | univariate p value | HR (95s% CI) | multivariate p value | ||
| Any predictor | 0.009 | 2.72 (1.06 – 7.23) | 0.065 | 0.002 | 3.96 (1.12 – 15.12) | 0.008 | |
| Positive | 35 (40) | ||||||
| Negative | 53 (60) | ||||||
| Both predictors | <0.001 | 5.19 (1.88 – 13.78) | 0.006 | <0.001 | 7.02 (2.26 – 21.63) | <0.001 | |
| Positive | 12 (14) | ||||||
| Negative | 76 (86) | ||||||
HR = Hazard ratio; CI = confidence interval.