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. 2018 Oct 5;19:197. doi: 10.1186/s12931-018-0885-x

Table 5.

Relationship between several markers and cancer caused death

Cancer death
(n)
Total
(n)
Multivariate HRa
(95% CI)a, b
Multivariate HR
(95% CI) c
Tumor grade
 High-middle 83 193 Reference Reference
 Low 35 57 1.43 (1.10 ~  1.86) 1.41 (1.08 ~  1.85)
Tumor stage
 LDa 57 143 Reference Reference
 EDa 61 107 1.43 (1.10 ~  1.85) 1.42 (1.09 ~  1.84)
EGFRa
 Negative 90 202 Reference Reference
 Positive 28 48 1.31 (0.99 ~  1.74) 1.30 (0.98 ~  1.73)
KRASa
 Negative 108 234 Reference Reference
 Positive 10 16 1.35 (0.90 ~  2.03) 1.33 (0.88 ~  2.01)
Serum PD-L1a
 <7.1 ng/ml 48 124 Reference Reference
  ≥ 7.1 ng/ml 70 126 1.44 (1.09 ~  1.88) 1.43 (1.08 ~  1.87)
Tissue PD-L1
 Negative 19 50 Reference Reference
 Positive 33 48 1.85 (1.24 ~  2.75) 1.86 (1.24 ~  2.76)

aLD Limited disease, ED Extensive disease, EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor, KRAS Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene, PD-L1 Programmed death ligand 1, HR Hazard ratio, CI Confidence interval

bThe model was adjusted by age and gender

cThe model was adjusted by age, gender, smoking history, performance status, tumor grade, tumor stage, tissue expressions of epidermal growth factor receptor and kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene