Table 3. Univariate and multivariate analyses for the association of the different variables with the presence of baseline distant metastases.
| Variable | Baseline distant metastases | Univariate | Multivariate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Absent | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | |||
| Age | 0.014 | 0.021 | ||||||
| >54 | 72 (29%) | 179 (71%) | 0.6 (0.4–0.9) | 0.6 (0.4–0.9) | ||||
| ≤54 | 98 (39%) | 153 (61%) | ||||||
| Gender | 0.32 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Female | 80 (36%) | 141 (64%) | 1.2 (0.8–1.7) | 1.1 (0.8–1.7) | ||||
| Male | 90 (32%) | 191 (68%) | ||||||
| Location | 0.33 | 0.84 | ||||||
| Cardia, fundus & body | 45 (31%) | 98 (69%) | 0.8 (0.4–1.7) | 1.1 (0.35–3.6) | ||||
| Antrum & pylorus | 10 (13%) | 65 (87%) | ||||||
| Lesser and greater curvature | 9 (20%) | 36 (80%) | ||||||
| Overlapping & unspecified | 109 (46%) | 129 (54%) | ||||||
| Baseline NLR | 0.0001 | 0.0005 | ||||||
| >3.9 | 86 (44%) | 110 (56%) | 0.48 (0.31–0.68) | 0.5 (0.32–0.74) | ||||
| ≤3.9 | 84 (27%) | 222 (73%) | ||||||
NLR, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio; OR, odds ratio.