Table 2.
Multivariate Cox regression analysis of prognostic factors for progression-free survival and overall survival (visceral fat area as categorized variate).
| Clinical characteristics | Progression-free survival | Overall survival | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazard ratio(95% CI) | p | Hazard ratio(95% CI) | p | |
| Gender | 4.010(0.940-17.117) | 0.061 | 0.881(0.184-4.218) | 0.874 |
| Age | 1.060(1.001-1.123) | 0.046 | 1.027(0.970-1.088) | 0.360 |
| Liver metastasis | 0.336(0.140-0.806) | 0.015 | 0.318(0.121-0.837) | 0.020 |
| Lung metastasis | 0.408(0.066-2.509) | 0.333 | 0.822(0.126-5.373) | 0.838 |
| Ascites and/or pleural effusion | 0.261(0.087-0.784) | 0.017 | 0.274(0.074-1.015) | 0.053 |
| Visceral fat area | 0.160(0.048-0.532) | 0.003 | 0.294(0.091-0.945) | 0.040 |
| Skeletal muscle area | 1.017(0.991-2.509) | 0.199 | 0.999(0.970-1.029) | 0.938 |