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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2018 Oct 14;124(23):4495–4503. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31699

Table 2.

Cox model for overall survival among patients with primary retroperitoneal sarcoma surgically resected, excluding patients who received chemotherapy (n=4969).

Description Univariate model
Multivariate model
HR 95% CI p value HR 95% CI p value
Age (ref. ≤60) <0.001 <0.001
 >60 1.96 1.80 2.14 1.64 1.47 1.84
Gender (ref. Male) <0.001 <0.001
 Female 0.81 0.75 0.88 0.84 0.77 0.91
Race (ref. White) 0.003
 African American 0.91 0.79 1.05
 Asian/Pacific Islander 0.71 0.56 0.88
 Hispanic 0.82 0.68 0.99
Insurance (ref. Private) <0.001 <0.001
 Medicare 1.85 1.70 2.01 1.31 1.17 1.46
 Medicaid 1.27 1.03 1.57 1.33 1.08 1.64
 Other Government 1.07 0.67 1.70 1.11 0.70 1.77
 Not Insured 1.40 1.09 1.81 1.37 1.06 1.77
Tumor size (ref. ≤5 cm) <0.001 <0.001
 5–10 cm 1.07 0.90 1.26 1.03 0.87 1.22
 >10 cm 1.29 1.11 1.49 1.28 1.11 1.48
Margin (ref. R0/R1) <0.001 <0.001
 R2 2.34 1.94 2.83 2.45 2.02 2.96
 Unknown 1.41 1.29 1.54 1.46 1.34 1.60
Hospital volume (ref. >10/year) <0.001 0.003
 ≤10/year 1.27 1.07 1.51 1.30 1.10 1.55
Received radiation therapy (ref. No) 0.006 <0.001
 Yes 0.89 0.81 0.97 0.80 0.73 0.88
Grade (ref. Low) <0.001 <0.001
 Intermediate/High 2.05 1.88 2.23 2.24 2.05 2.45

R0/R1: complete gross resection

R2: incomplete gross resection