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. 2018 Jan;10(1):247–261. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.12.22

Table 2. Logistic regression analysis for radiation pneumonitis ≥ grade 2 (n=85).

Characteristic n Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
HR 95% CI P value HR 95% CI P value
Age 0.99 0.96–1.02 0.41
Gender 0.14 0.54
   Male 408 1 1
   Female 173 1.43 0.88–2.31 0.82 0.43–1.54
Pack–years 0.009 0.02
   <20 186 1.00 1.00
   20–50 195 0.82 0.48–1.38 0.45 0.80 0.40–1.56 0.51
   >50 184 0.40 0.21–0.73 0.003 0.36 0.16–0.79 0.01
PTV 1.01 1.00–1.01 0.049 1.00 0.99–1.01 0.90
T stage 0.02 0.047
   T1a–b 328 1 1.00
   T2a–b 167 1.84 1.11–3.04 0.02 1.30 0.68–2.44 0.42
   T3–4 48 0.48 0.11–1.40 0.20 0.30 0.06–1.10 0.07
   rT1–4 38 1.92 0.78–4.31 0.15 1.89 0.72–4.53 0.18
Histology 0.34
   Proven NSCLC 308 1
   Clinical NSCLC 273 1.25 0.79–1.99
Location 0.42
   Peripheral 411 1
   Central 170 1.22 0.74–1.99
%VC 0.65
   80–140 292 1
   70–79 151 1.17 0.66–2.02 0.59
   −69 + unmeasurable 138 1.30 0.73–2.26 0.37
GOLD 0.07 0.39
   Non–COPD 295 1 1
   I–II 166 0.93 0.55–1.55 0.89 1.28 0.71–2.27 0.41
   III–IV + unmeasurable 120 0.46 0.21–0.90 0.02 0.75 0.32–1.62 0.47
Total dose 0.10 0.11
   60 Gy 72 0.39 0.13–0.93 0.03 0.38 0.12–0.95 0.04
   50 Gy 401 1 1
   40 Gy 108 0.92 0.49–1.62 0.93 0.47–1.79 0.84
V20 1.14 1.07–1.23 0.001 1.14 1.02–1.28 0.03
MLD 1.34 1.18–1.52 0.001
Predictable high–risk RP factors 0.19 0.06
   No 404 1 1
   Yes 177 1.38 0.84–2.22 1.70 0.98–2.91
Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias 0.06
   No 536 1
   Yes 45 2.02 0.94–4.05
Elevated KL–6/SP–D 0.15
   No 420 1
   Yes 161 1.43 0.87–2.32
CAM administration 0.47
   No 487 1
   Yes 94 1.24 0.67–2.21
Era 0.047 0.04
   Non–CAM era 445 1 1
   CAM era 136 0.55 0.28–0.99 0.51 0.26–0.96

HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; PTV, planning target volume; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; %VC, vital capacity as percent of predicted; GOLD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases stage; V20, the normal lung volume receiving ≥20 Gy; MLD, mean normal lung dose; RP, radiation pneumonitis; KL-6, sialylated carbohydrate antigen; SP-D, surfactant protein D; CAM, clarithromycin.