Table 2.

Comparison of classification methods of L3SMI.

L3SMI	Disease-free survival				Overall survival
	Univariate		Multivariate		Univariate		Multivariate
	HR (95%CI)	p	HR (95%CI)	p	HR (95%CI)	p	HR (95%CI)	p
Q1	1	0.004	1	0.001	1	0.003	1	<0.001
Q2	0.637(0.407–0.996)	0.048	0.510(0.321–0.811)	0.004	0.785(0.366–1.682)	0.026	0.471(0.295–0.752)	0.002
Q3	0.799(0.523–1.219)	0.297	0.688(0.449–1.053)	0.085	0.789(0.373–1.667)	0.147	0.642(0.414–0.996)	0.048
Q4	0.411(0.250–0.676)	<0.001	0.392(0.237–0.647)	<0.001	0.474(0.231–0.976)	<0.001	0.376(0.226–0.625)	<0.001
Low L3SMI (Q1)	1	0.005	1	<0.001	1	0.001	1	<0.001
High L3SMI (Q2-4)	0.606(0.428–0.859)		0.528(0.371–0.752)		0.566(0.398–0.804)		0.493(0.345–0.704)