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

Table S3. Multivariate competing risk analyses of independent indicators of site-specific recurrence.

Variable HR 95% CI P
Thoracic recurrence
   Tumor size (≤2.0 vs. >2.0 cm) 1.167 1.147–2.648 0.009
   Ki67 (≤10% vs. >10%) 2.214 1.427–3.421 0.001
   Sex (female vs. male) 1.671 1.103–2.517 0.036
   N stage (N0–1 vs. N2) 1.643 1.128–2.837 0.028
   Histology (general vs. aggressive) 1.578 0.862–3.553 0.193
   LVI (absence vs. presence) 1.997 0.905–2.813 0.245
   VPI (absence vs. presence) 1.649 0.782–2.422 0.337
   TTF1 (− vs. +) 0.721 0.507–1.371 0.573
   CK20 (negative vs. positive) 1.878 0.907–3.872 0.224
   CK7 (− vs. +) 0.892 0.407–2.034 0.417
   CK5/6 (negative vs. positive) 2.173 0.718–3.983 0.493
   Smoking (never vs. ever) 1.21 0.916–1.726 0.118
Brain recurrence
   Tumor size (≤2.0 vs. >2.0 cm) 9.273 1.374–72.12 0.031
   N stage (N0–1 vs. N2) 3.721 1.172–11.97 0.038
   CK20 (negative vs. positive) 4.271 1.452–13.18 0.017
   Syn (negative vs. positive) 4.378 1.429–14.95 0.015
   Histology (general vs. aggressive) 1.973 0.962–3.973 0.183
   LVI (absence vs. presence) 2.436 0.783–3.263 0.318
   VPI (absence vs. presence) 1.887 0.621–2.872 0.445
   Ki67 (≤10% vs. >10%) 3.863 0.918–4.883 0.099
   Smoking (never vs. ever) 0.907 0.815–1.252 0.137
Bone recurrence
   N stage (N0–1 vs. N2) 4.027 1.966–8.248 <0.001
   Ki67 (≤10% vs. >10%) 2.345 1.091–5.039 0.029
   Tumor size (≤2.0 vs. >2.0 cm) 2.167 0.982–5.234 0.108
   LVI (absence vs. presence) 2.086 0.871–3.497 0.238
   VPI (absence vs. presence) 2.357 0.924–4.872 0.372
Abdominal recurrence
   N stage (N0–1 vs. N2) 11.047 2.891–42.209 <0.001
   Tumor size (≤2.0 vs. >2.0 cm) 5.236 0.783–10.237 0.127
   Differentiation (well/moderate vs. poor) 4.371 0.639–18.473 0.378
   Ki67 (≤10% vs. >10%) 4.872 0.579–11.238 0.381
   CK5/6 (negative vs. positive) 5.269 0.421–17.215 0.457
Neck recurrence
   N stage (N0–1 vs. N2) 15.236 4.607–50.390 <0.001
   Tumor size (≤2.0 vs. >2.0 cm) 5.792 0.892–10.378 0.218
   Differentiation (well/moderate vs. poor) 4.831 0.736–11.861 0.387
   Histology (general vs. aggressive) 2.871 0.674–9.763 0.217
   LVI (absence vs. presence) 4.082 0.873–8.973 0.327

HR, hazard ratios; CI, confidence intervals; LVI, lymphovascular invasion; VPI, visceral pleural invasion.