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. 2019 Mar 2;39:7. doi: 10.1186/s40880-019-0354-z

Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate associations of EGFR mutation and FISH status, clinicopathological characteristics, and status of other seven genes with PFS and OS in the total of 416 NSCLC patients

Variable PFS OS
Univariate Multivariate Univariate Multivariate
HR 95% CI P HR 95% CI P HR 95% CI P HR 95% CI P
Age
 ≤ 60 1 1
 > 60 1.01 0.82–1.25 0.913 1.21 0.94–1.57 0.145
Gender
 Male 1 1 1 1
 Female 0.59 0.48–0.73 < 0.001 0.56 0.42–0.74 < 0.001 0.59 0.45–0.76 < 0.001 0.65 0.48–0.94 0.006
Smoking status
 Smoking 1 1 1 1
 No smoking 0.60 0.48–0.74 < 0.001 0.64 0.50–0.81 < 0.001 0.62 0.48–0.80 < 0.001 0.79 0.58–1.06 0.113
Histology
 Non-ADC 1 1 1
 ADC 0.67 0.52–0.86 0.002 0.84 0.64–1.10 0.203 0.78 0.58–1.07 0.122
Differentiation
 High to medium 1 1 1
 Low 1.36 1.11–1.68 0.004 0.89 0.72–1.18 0.299 1.12 0.87–1.44 0.363
Stage
 Recurrent 1 1
 IIIB and IV 0.88 0.70–1.10 0.254 0.83 0.63–1.09 0.183
Line of TKI therapy
 2, 3 1 1 1 1
 1 0.68 0.53–0.87 0.002 0.75 0.58–0.97 0.027 0.67 0.50–0.90 0.009 0.78 0.57–1.05 0.103
ECOG PS
 2 1 1 1 1
 0, 1 0.71 0.52–0.95 0.023 0.73 0.54–0.99 0.043 1.71 1.17–2.48 0.004 0.62 0.43–0.90 0.011
EGFR mutation
 Mt 1 1 1 1
 Wt 0.38 0.31–0.47 < 0.001 0.54 0.42–0.70 < 0.001 0.50 0.38–0.65 < 0.001 0.63 0.47–0.85 0.002
EGFR copy number
 FISH− 1 1 1 1
 FISH+ 0.54 0.43–0.67 < 0.001 0.67 0.54–0.84 0.001 0.60 0.46–0.78 < 0.001 0.77 0.58–1.02 0.068
ALK
 Wt 1 1 1 1
 Apart 2.06 1.41–3.02 < 0.001 1.41 0.93–2.16 0.105 1.59 1.00–2.51 0.047 1.34 0.82–2.17 0.240
BIM
 Wt 1 1
 Deletion 0.89 0.58–1.36 0.596 1.05 0.64–1.71 0.856
KRAS mutation
 Wt 1 1 1
 Mt 1.99 1.33–2.99 0.001 1.21 0.79–1.84 0.386 1.55 0.97–2.47 0.070
PIK3CA mutation
 wt 1 1
 mt 1.18 0.61–2.29 0.619 1.22 0.60–2.47 0.583
PTEN copy number
 Intact 1 1
 Deletion 1.54 0.99–2.39 0.058 1.06 0.64–1.77 0.811
PTEN expression
 Normal 1 1 1
 Low expression 1.37 1.08–1.74 0.011 1.10 0.86–1.42 0.439 1.12 0.84–1.50 0.448
MET copy number
 FISH− 1 1 1 1
 FISH+ 1.87 1.35–2.60 < 0.001 1.51 1.07–2.13 0.019 1.64 1.14–2.37 0.008 1.47 1.01–2.13 0.045
MET expression
 MAb− 1 1
 MAb+ 1.01 0.79–1.28 0.955 1.18 0.87–1.59 0.283
MET expression
 H-score− 1 1
 H-score+ 1.14 0.93–1.40 0.217 0.97 0.75–1.25 0.805
IGF1R copy number
 FISH− 1 1 1
 FISH+ 1.40 1.05–1.87 0.019 1.07 0.78–1.46 0.688 1.10 0.77–1.57 0.619
IGF1R expression
 IHC− 1 1
 IHC+ 1.26 0.99–1.61 0.062 1.05 0.78–1.40 0.770

ADC adenocarcinoma, ECOG Eastern cooperative oncology group, TKI tyrosine kinase inhibitors, FISH fluorescent in situ hybridization, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, PFS progression-free survival, OS overall survival