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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Oncol. 2019 Feb 5;14(5):914–923. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.01.019

Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of the correlation between clinical and pathological variables and OS.

Factor Hazard 95%CI p value
Complete Resection
  R0/complete 1.000
  R1/2/incomplete 2.354 1.289-4.297 0.005
Smoking index
  <400 1.000
  ≥400 2.524 1.323-4.814 0.005
CD3 percentage
  ≤6% 1.000
  >6% 0.505 0.288-0.884 0.017
PD-L1 expression in TILs
  <8% 1.000
  ≥8% 2.182 1.061-4.486 0.034
PD-L1 expression in tumor cells
  <50% 1.000
  ≥50% 5.296 1.454-19.28 0.011
LNR 0.004
  LNR=0 1.000
  LNR>0,≤0.214 4.920 1.636-14.793 0.005
  LNR>0.214 6.005 1.880-19.178 0.002

LNR= Ratio of metastatic lymph nodes.