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. 2017 Dec 9;8(70):114663–114676. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.23072

Table 2. Univariate and multivariate analyses of the predictive factors of postoperative relapse and postoperative early relapse in patients with stage III colorectal cancer.

Parameters Postoperative Relapse Postoperative Early Relapse
Univariate analysis Multivariable analysis Univariate analysis Multivariable analysis
ORd (95% CIe) p value ORd (95% CIe) p value ORd (95% CIe) p value ORd (95% CIe) p value
Age (years)
≥65 vs <65 (80/98) 0.634 (0.350 –1.149) 0.133 0.657 (0.329 –1.310) 0.233 0.622 (0.278 –1.389) 0.247 0. 117 (0.272 –1.858) 0.486
Gender
Male vs Female (108/70) 1.099 (0.602 –2.005) 0.759 0.817 (0.394 –1.697) 0.589 1.219 (0.544 –2.730) 0.63 0.807 (0.291 –1.697) 0.681
Location
Colon vs Rectum (147/31) 0.574 (0.260 –1.267) 0.17 0.489 (0.189 –1.267) 0.141 0.406 (0.259 –1.728) 0.406 0.344 (0.101 –1.165) 0.086
Tumor size
≥5 cm vs <5 cm (66/111) 1.192 (0.647 –2.194) 0.573 1.001 (0.471 –2.129) 0.998 1.746 (0.799 –3.818) 0.162 1.641 (0.595 –4.525) 0.338
Tumor depth
T3 + T4 vs T1 + T2 (158/20) 2.004 (0.759 –5.288) 0.16 1.364 (0.414 –4.492) 0.609 1.221 (0.335 –4.450) 0.763 1.158 (0.224 –5.986) 0.861
Lymph Node metastasis
N2 vs N1 (57/121) 1.596 (0.845 –3.014) 0.15 1.121 (0.514 –2.441) 0.774 1.992 (0.903 –4.396) 0.088 1.656 (0.594 –4.619) 0.335
Histology
PD vs MD+WDb (22/155) 1.247 (0.509 –3.057) 0.629 1.051 (0.363 –3.043) 0.926 0.685 (0.232 –2.023) 0.494 1.737 (0.463 –6.514) 0.413
Vascular invasion
Yes vs No (57/120) 0.842 (0.448 –1.583) 0.593 0.872 (0.407 –1.872) 0.725 0.689 (0.287 –1.651) 0.403 0.358 (0.109 –1.171) 0.089
Perineurial invasion
Yes vs No (62/115) 1.325 (0.713 –2.462) 0.374 0.948 (0.445 –2.019) 0.889 0.861 (0.377 –1.966) 0.722 0.558 (0.184 –1.689) 0.302
Pre-op CEAc (ng/ml)
≥5/ vs <5 (78/93) 1.480 (0.808 –2.709) 0.204 1.186 (0.568 –2.476) 0.649 1.344 (0.604 –2.990) 0.469 0.476 (0.153 –1.482) 0.2
Post-op CEAc (ng/ml)
≥5 vs <5 (30/145) 2.872 (1.232 –6.697) 0.015 2.861 (1.031 –7.938) 0.043 4.704 (1.948 –11.358) 0.001 8.524 (2.504 –29.018) 0.001
EGFR expression
Positive vs Negative (108/65) 3.424 (1.789 –6.552) < 0.001 3.106 (1.512 –6.379) 0.002 2.962 (1.144 –7.670) 0.025 2.572 (0.875 –7.559) 0.086

aAJCC: American Joint Commission on Cancer; bPD: poorly differentiated, MD: moderately differentiated, WD: well differentiated; cCEA: carcinoembryonic antigen; dOR: odd ratio; eCI: confidence interval, *p < 0.05.