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. 2019 Aug 12;11(3):352–360. doi: 10.4055/cios.2019.11.3.352

Table 2. Multivariate Logistic Regression Analyses of Factors Associated with Local Recurrence of Giant Cell Tumor of Bone Following Surgery.

Characteristic Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
OR 95% CI p-value OR 95% CI p-value
Age (yr) 1.05 0.98–1.13 0.177
Sex 0.862
 Male 1
 Female 0.87 0.34–2.11
Duration of symptom (mo) 0.99 0.92–1.06 0.849
History of trauma 0.227
 No 1
 Yes 1.87 0.67–5.53
Site 0.003* 0.113
 Distal femur and proximal tibia 1 1
 Hand and foot 3.31 2.16–16.74 2.96 1.13–10.36
 Others 0.76 0.19–8.47 0.69 0.13–6.67
Size of lesion (cm3) 1.55 0.97–2.47 0.061
Campanacci grade (plain radiograph) 0.138
 Grade I 1
 Grade II 2.68 0.36–4.36
 Grade III 6.31 1.42–11.97
Denosumab used as neoadjuvant < 0.001* 0.002*
 No 1 1
 Yes 3.89 1.16–10.14 3.12 2.48–8.32
Pathological fracture 0.124
 No 1
 Yes 2.38 0.63–6.21
Pulmonary metastasis 0.279
 No 1
 Yes 1.76 0.79–3.33
Duration of surgery (min) 1 0.99–1.00 0.432
Intraoperative blood loss (mL) 0.99 0.95–1.04 0.568
Use of cement for reconstruction 0.796
 No 1
 Yes 1.34 0.32–4.68
Postoperative complication 0.133
 Yes 1
 No 1.99 0.81–4.88

OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval.

*Indicates statistical significance.