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. 2018 May 23;13(5):e0197081. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197081

Table 4. Univariable Cox regression analysis for recurrence-free survival.

Era 1 Era 2
HRa (95% CIb) p-value HRa (95% CIb) p-value
Age at first visit (months) 1.01 (1.00–1.01) 0.01 0.99 (0.98–1.01) 0.489
Age at last treatment (months) 1.01 (1.00–1.01) 0.001 1.00 (0.98–1.01) 0.522
Weight (kg) at first OAC 1.00 (0.98–1.03) 0.678 0.99 (0.94–1.05) 0.802
Gender 0.345 0.872
Female 1 1
Male 1.30 (0.75–2.26) 0.96 (0.58–1.58)
Family history 0.083 0.186
No 1 1
Yes 1.87 (0.92–3.79) 0.54 (0.22–1.34)
Laterality 0.164 0.647
Bilateral 1 1
Unilateral 0.63 (0.33–1.21) 1.12 (0.68–1.86)
Side 0.955 0.835
Left 1 1
Right 0.98 (0.57–1.71) 1.05 (0.64–1.74)
REc class 0.869 0.758
1 to 4 1 1
5 1.06 (0.53–2.14) 1.11 (0.58–2.10)
ICRBd class 0.96 0.399
A/B/C 1 1
D 0.91 (0.45–1.85) 1.64 (0.80–3.38)
E 0.89 (0.38–2.10) 1.44 (0.60–3.44)
Vitreous seeds at first visit 0.031 0.269
No 1 1
Yes 2.06 (1.07–3.97) 0.75 (0.45–1.25)
Subretinal seeds at first visit 0.492 0.598
No 1 1
Yes 1.40 (0.53–3.69) 1.23 (0.57–2.64)
Germline mutation 0.834 0.891
Negative 1 1
Positive 1.08 (0.54–2.13) 1.04 (0.58–1.87)
Treatment naive 0.91 0.673
No 1 1
Yes 1.03 (0.58–1.84) 1.12 (0.66–1.88)
Intraoperative pressure hypertensive 0.058 0.281
No 1 1
Yes 2.17 (0.97–4.85) 1.33 (0.79–2.23)
Maximum melphalan dose 1.14 (0.97–1.34) 0.115 0.99 (0.94–1.05) 0.783
Maximum topotecan dose 1.61 (0.96–2.69) 0.07 0.99 (0.93–1.05) 0.687
Maximum carboplatin dose 1.01 (1.00–1.02) 0.07 0.99 (0.98–1.01) 0.325
Cumulative melphalan dose 1.05 (1.01–1.08) 0.006 0.99 (0.95–1.03) 0.615
Cumulative topotecan dose 1.16 (0.99–1.37) 0.073 1.00 (0.95–1.05) 0.917
Cumulative carboplatin dose 1.00 (1.00–1.01) 0.102 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 0.442
OACe interval (weeks) 1.03 (1.00–1.05) 0.025 1.03 (1.01–1.05) 0.01
OACe interval categories 0.001 0.096
>37 weeks 1 1
>24 to < = 37 weeks 0.32 (0.16–0.64) 0.51 (0.28–0.94)
< = 24 weeks 0.18 (0.05–0.65) 0.60 (0.14–2.65)
Greater than 3 infusions 0.311 0.895
No 1 1
Yes 1.51 (0.68–3.34) 0.96 (0.50–1.82)
Greater 50% OAe < .001 < .001
No 1 1
Yes 0.33 (0.18–0.59) 0.37 (0.22–0.60)
First treatment OAe 0.057 < .001
No 1 1
Yes 0.44 (0.19–1.03) 0.34 (0.20–0.56)
Number of drugs 0.027 0.305
1 1 1
2 2.38 (1.10–5.13) 4.92 (0.65–37.50)
3 2.60 (1.27–5.29) 4.32 (0.59–31.53)
Bridge 0.014 0.337
No 1 1
Yes 2.50 (1.21–5.18) 1.42 (0.69–2.91)
International Bridge NA 0.981
No 1
Yes NA 1.01 (0.56–1.80)

aHR = hazard ratio

bCI = confidence interval

cRE = Reese-Ellsworth

dICRB = International Classification of Retinoblastoma

eOAC = ophthalmic artery chemosurgery/ OA = ophthalmic artery