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. 2019 Dec 21;12(1):47. doi: 10.3390/cancers12010047

Table 3.

Estimated coefficients along with their 95% confidence intervals for distant metastasis.

Coefficient 95%-CI p-Value
Lower Upper
Distant Metastasis
Gender Male 1 <0.001
Female 0.720 0.605 0.857
Grading G2 1 <0.001
G3 1.737 1.412 2.136
Tumor size 1.069 1.056 1.083 <0.001
Margins R0 1 0.006
R1/R2 1.347 1.087 1.669
Histology Myxoid Liposarcoma 1
MPNST 1.825 1.158 2.875 0.009
Myxofibrosarcoma 1.064 0.750 1.508 0.729
Synovial Sarcoma 1.986 1.343 3.976 0.001
UPS 1.445 1.033 2.022 0.032
Angiosarcoma/Vascular Sarcoma 2.016 1.022 3.797 0.043
Dedifferentiated/Pleomorphic Liposarcoma 1.209 0.786 1.861 0.387
Leiomyosarcoma 2.689 1.900 3.797 <0.001
Other 1.835 1.293 2.604 0.001
Neoadjuvant RTX No 1 0.005
Yes 1.351 1.097 1.663
Restricted cubic spline 1 2.928 2.591 3.308 <0.001
Restricted cubic spline 2 1.458 1.374 1.547 <0.001
Restricted cubic spline 3 0.965 0.926 1.006 0.096
Restricted cubic spline 4 1.040 1.020 1.062 <0.001
Restricted cubic spline 5 0.995 0.982 1.008 0.427
Restricted cubic spline for time-dependent effect of grading 0.723 0.640 0.817 <0.001
Constant 0.108 0.078 0.149 <0.001
Death
Gender Male 1 0.864
Female 0.968 0.666 1.407
Grading G2 1 0.018
G3 1.873 1.116 3.145
Tumor size 1.023 0.997 1.050 0.087
Margins R0 1 0.198
R1/R2 1.378 0.846 2.244
Histology Myxoid Liposarcoma 1
MPNST 2.506 0.844 7.442 0.098
Myxofibrosarcoma 3.136 1.325 7.418 0.009
Synovial Sarcoma 0.600 0.150 2.416 0.472
UPS 1.781 0.714 4.443 0.216
Angiosarcoma/Vascular Sarcoma 11.165 * 3.507 * 35.542 * <0.001 *
Dedifferentiated/Pleomorphic Liposarcoma 3.331 1.259 8.812 0.015
Leiomyosarcoma 1.798 0.675 4.782 0.241
Other 2.408 0.963 4.782 0.060
Neoadjuvant RTX No 1 0.048
Yes 0.541 0.295 0.993
Restricted cubic spline 1 3.604 2.494 5.211 <0.001
Restricted cubic spline 2 1.270 1.060 1.523 0.010
Restricted cubic spline 3 0.952 0.863 1.049 0.316
Restricted cubic spline 4 0.953 0.908 1.001 0.057
Restricted cubic spline 5 0.974 0.569 1.199 0.097
Restricted cubic spline for time-dependent effect of grading 0.826 0.569 1.199 0.314
Constant 0.010 0.004 0.025 <0.001

p-values in bold are considered statistically significant; CI = Confidence interval. RTX = radiotherapy. CTX = chemotherapy. UPS = undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. * too few events.