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Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2019 Aug 1;229(5):449–457. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.07.010

Table 2.

Clinicopathologic Factors Associated with Overall Survival in R0/R1 Resections

Variable Univariable Cox regression Multivariable Cox
regression
HR (95% CI) p Value HR (95% CI) p Value
Age, y 1.02 (1.01-1.03) <0.01* 1.02 (1.01-1.03) <0.01*
Sex
 Male Reference
 Female 1.06 (0.85-1.34) 0.60
Race
 White Reference
 African American 1.05 (0.73-1.51) 0.78
 Other 0.90 (0.61-1.33) 0.60
Primary location
 Truncal/extremity Reference Reference
 Retroperitoneal 0.64 (0.48-0.83) <0.01* 1.32 (0.97-1.80) 0.08
Tumor size
 < 5 cm Reference Reference
 5-10 cm 1.79 (1.156-2.77) <0.01* 1.38 (0.87-2.18) 0.11
 > 10 cm 3.03 (1.98-4.62) <0.01* 2.13 (1.36-3.34) <0.01*
Histopathology
 UPS/malignant fibrous histiocytoma 0.86 (0.68-1.10) 0.23
 Leiomyosarcoma 1.06 (0.75-1.49) 0.74
 Myxofibrosarcoma 0.81 (0.51-1.29) 0.37
 Liposarcoma, dedifferentiated 1.29 (0.79-2.11) 0.31
 Synovial 0.79 (0.46-1.35) 0.39
 Liposarcoma, pleomorphic 1.16 (0.73-1.85) 0.53
 Other 1.18 (0.92-1.51) 0.20
Lymph node metastasis
 Negative Reference
 Positive 2.61 (1.37-4.98) <0.01*
Lymphovascular invasion
 Absent Reference
 Present 1.94 (1.25-3.03) <0.01*
Final margin status
 Negative (R0) Reference Reference
 Positive (R1) 1.64 (1.25-2.15) <0.01* 1.79 (1.34-2.39) <0.01*
Multimodal treatment
 Radiation 0.79 (0.63-0.99) 0.04* 0.75 (0.58-0.96) 0.11
 Chemotherapy 0.91 (0.72-1.16) 0.44
Recurrence
 No recurrence Reference Reference
 Recurrence 7.1 (5.22-9.66) <0.01* - -
 Lung metastasis 3.91 (3.11-4.92) <0.01* 4.26 (3.28-5.53) <0.01*
Lung surveillance modality
 CXR Reference Reference
 CT 1.61 (1.17-2.21) <0.01* 1.01 (0.71-1.43) 0.97
*

Significant.

CXR, chest x-ray; HR, hazard ratio; UPS, undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma.