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. 2019 Dec;8(6):967–978. doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2019.12.02

Table 3. Competing risk analyses of clinical-pathological factors and IHC markers associated with loco-regional recurrence.

Variable Univariate analyses Multivariate analyses
HR (95% CI) P HR (95% CI) P
Age (≤65 vs. >65) 0.967 (0.356–2.625) 0.948
Sex (female vs. male) 1.161 (0.496–2.717) 0.730
Smoking (never vs. ever) 1.023 (0.782–3.721) 0.235
Tumor size (≤2.0 vs. >2.0) 3.851 (1.508–9.834) 0.005 3.587 (0.982–8.831) 0.067
N stage (N0-1 vs. N2) 4.583 (1.888–11.128) 0.001 4.087 (1.879–9.752) 0.013
Histology (G vs. A)# 2.759 (1.017–7.485) 0.046 1.876 (0.763–6.734) 0.276
Differentiation (W vs. P) 2.468 (0.772–7.888) 0.127
LVI (− vs. +) 3.771 (1.611–8.829) 0.002 3.704 (1.187–11.557) 0.024
VPI (− vs. +) 2.383 (1.014–5.597) 0.046 3.033 (0.912–9.091) 0.068
ECOG (0-1 vs. 2) 3.781 (0.903–5.385) 0.125
EGFR mutation (C vs. U) 0.663 (0.183–2.400) 0.531
Her2 (− vs. +) 0.535 (0.188–1.524) 0.242
Ki67 (≤10% vs. >10%) 2.214 (0.912–5.375) 0.079
TTF1 (− vs. +) 0.373 (0.083–1.677) 0.199
CK20 (− vs. +) 1.009 (0.133–7.652) 0.993
CK7 (− vs. +) 0.559 (0.149–2.104) 0.390
CK5/6 (− vs. +) 4.874 (1.392–17.065) 0.013 5.624 (1.577–20.054) 0.028
P63 (− vs. +) 1.703 (0.640–4.530) 0.286
RRM1 (− vs. +) 25.460 (0.064–10,055.218) 0.289
NapsinA (− vs. +) 0.785 (0.222–2.770) 0.707
Syn (− vs. +) 0.040 (0.000–318.890) 0.483

#, micropapillary subtype of invasive adenocarcinoma, solid subtype of invasive adenocarcinoma and adenosquamous lung carcinomas were defined as “aggressive” (A) tumor histology, while the others were defined as “general” (G). EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; HR, hazard ratios; CI, confidence intervals; LVI, lymphovascular invasion; VPI, visceral pleural invasion; ECOG, the Eastern Corporative Oncology Group; W, well/moderate; P, poor; C, common; U, uncommon.