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. 2017 Nov 14;17:765. doi: 10.1186/s12885-017-3759-6

Table 3.

Factors influencing KRAS testing in metastatic CRC patients

KRAS testing
n = 190/290 (65.5%)
Univariate analysis
P-Value
Multivariate analysis
Odds ratio 95% CI P-Value
Age (years) < 0.0001 < 0.0001
  > 75 42 / 107 (39.3%) 1 Ref
 60–75 97 / 126 (77.0%) 4.72 2.54–8.77
  < 60 51 / 57 (89.5%) 10.78 4.07–28.50
Sex 0.016 0.33
 Women 82 / 140 (58.6%) 1 Ref
 Men 108 / 150 (72.0%) 1.34 0.75–2.41
Site of the primary tumour 0.0011 0.006
 Rectum 35 / 64 (54.7%) 1 Ref
 Right colon 51 / 90 (56.7%) 1.44 0.67–3.07
 Left colon 104 / 136 (76.5%) 3.09 1.48–6.45
Tumour grade (MD = 40) 0.52
 Well 63 / 89 (70.8%)
 Moderate 83 / 131 (63.4%)
 Poor 20 / 30 (66.7%)
Geographical area of primary treatment (MD = 2) 0.0001 0.010
 Charente-Maritime 42 / 87 (48.3%) 1 Ref
 Charente 32 / 53 (60.4%) 1.99 0.89–4.46
 Deux-Sèvres 37 / 45 (82.2%) 4.64 1.77–12.18
 Vienne 61 / 79 (77.2%) 2.88 1.36–6.13
 Outside the region 17 / 24 (70.8%) 2.02 0.67–6.12
Status of the center (MD = 2) 0.026a
 Public Hospital 60 / 83 (72.3%)
 Private hospital 83 / 143 (58.0%)
 University hospital 46 / 62 (74.2%)

95% CI 95% confidence interval, MD missing data, Ref reference

aNot retained in the final multivariate model