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. 2017 Sep 6;14(5):5505–5512. doi: 10.3892/ol.2017.6893

Table II.

Univariate and multivariate analyses for overall survival and progression-free survival.

A, Overall survival

Univariate analysis (log-rank test) Multivariate analysis (Cox test)


Characteristic P-value HR P-value 95% CI
Age (≤60 vs. >60 years) 0.009 0.229 0.038 0.057–0.922
Sex (male vs. female) 0.525
ECOG (0–1 vs. 2–4) 0.377
CD10 (positive vs. negative) 0.924
BCL-6 (positive vs. negative) 0.453 0.612 0.468 0.163–2.303
BCL-2 (positive vs. negative) 0.328 0.549 0.427 0.125–2.409
Ki-67 (>90 vs. ≤90%) 0.037 0.414 0.162 0.120–1.424
Immunophenotype (GCB vs. non-GCB) 0.410 0.506 0.365 0.116–2.209
Chemotherapy (HD-MTX+Ara-C vs. HD-MTX+TMZ) 0.671 0.993 0.990 0.309–3.191
LDH (elevated vs. normal) 0.442
No. of lesions (1 vs. ≥2) 0.592 0.880 0.835 0.262–2.954

B, Progression-free survival

Univariate analysis (log-rank test) Multivariate analysis (Cox test)


Characteristic P-value HR P-value 95% CI

Age (≤60 vs. >60 years) 0.141 0.566 0.237 0.220–1.456
Sex (male vs. female) 0.957
ECOG (0–1 vs. 2–4) 0.313
CD10 (positive vs. negative) 0.264
BCL-6 (positive vs. negative) 0.304 0.736 0.571 0.255–2.126
BCL-2 (positive vs. negative) 0.463 0.649 0.438 0.218–1.934
Ki-67 (>90 vs. ≤90%) 0.039 0.437 0.075 0.176–1.086
Immunophenotype (GCB vs. non-GCB) 0.131 0.398 0.109 0.129–1.228
Chemotherapy (HD-MTX+Ara-C vs. HD-MTX+TMZ) 0.459 1.063 0.898 0.422–2.675
LDH (elevated vs. normal) 0.779
No. of lesions (1 vs. ≥2) 0.740 1.021 0.967 0.387–2.696

ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; HD-MTX + Ara-C, high-dose methotrexate + cytarabine; HD-MTX + TMZ, high-dose methotrexate + tomozolomide; OS, overall survival; PFS, progression-free survival; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; CD10, cluster of differentiation 10; BCL, B cell lymphoma.