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. 2020 Apr 29;10(1):169–181. doi: 10.1002/ctm2.20

TABLE 2.

Univariate logistic regression for the presence of different metastatic sites at diagnosis of colorectal cancer

Liver metastasis Lung metastasis Bone metastasis Brain metastasis
Characteristics HR (95% CI) P‐value HR (95% CI) P‐value HR (95% CI) P‐value HR (95% CI) P‐value
Age at diagnosis <.001 <.001 <.001 .014
<60 1 1 1 1
≥60 0.629 (0.605‐0.654) <.001 0.724 (0.670‐0.782) <.001 0.684 (0.562‐0.833) <.001 0.639 (0.447‐0.914) .014
Race <.001 <.001 .076 .538
White 1 1 1 1
Black 1.450 (1.374‐1.531) <.001 1.283 (1.136‐1.449) <.001 0.926 (0.653‐1.314) .668 0.676 (0.329‐1.389) .832
Other 0.987 (0.923‐1.055) .701 1.540 (1.387‐1.710) <.001 1.352 (1.028‐1.780) .031 1.061 (0.616‐1.826) .286
Gender <.001 .208 .038 .947
Female 1 1 1 1
Male 1.182 (1.137‐1.228) <.001 1.050 (0.973‐1.132) .208 1.229 (1.011‐1.494) .038 0.988 (0.693‐1.409) .947
Site <.001 <.001 .307 .216
Rectum 1 1 1 1
Left colon 2.043 (1.914‐2.181) <.001 1.320 (1.179‐1.478) <.001 1.192 (0.893‐1.592) .234 1.516 (0.826‐2.781) .179
Right colon 1.718 (1.612‐1.831) <.001 1.007 (0.901‐1.125) .900 1.027 (0.776‐1.358) .853 1.672 (0.940‐2.975) .080
CEA <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001
Positive 1 1 1 1
Negative 0.257 (0.246‐0.268) <.001 0.319 (0.293‐0.347) <.001 0.284 (0.228‐0.354) <.001 0.267 (0.175‐0.408) <.001
Other 0.137 (0.129‐0.145) <.001 0.168 (0.150‐0.188) <.001 0.149 (0.110‐0.202) <.001 0.229 (0.141‐0.369) <.001
Grade <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001
I 1 1 1 1
II 2.239 (2.030‐2.469) <.001 1.868 (1.555‐2.243) <.001 1.849 (1.097‐3.117) .021 1.714 (0.693‐4.243) .244
III 3.501 (3.155‐3.884) <.001 2.656 (2.183‐3.232) <001 4.918 (2.881‐8.397) <.001 3.406 (1.039‐11.166) .002
IV 3.949 (3.466‐4.499) <.001 2.720 (2.106‐3.514) <.001 5.895 (3.180‐10.931) <.001 4.298 (1.691‐10.923) .043
Histological type <.001 .150 <.001 .504
AD 1 1 1 1
MAD 1.663 (1.272‐2.176) <.001 1.452 (0.910‐2.316) .117 1.036 (0.721‐1.488) .848 1.180 (0.165‐8.451) .869
SRCC 1.897 (1.463‐2.460) <.001 1.328 (0.817‐2.160) 252 4.326 (2.614‐7.158) <.001 0.725 (0.087‐6.026) .766
Tumor size <.001 <001 <.001 <.001
<5 1 1 1 1
≥5 1.795 (1.727‐1.866) <.001 1.912 (1.770‐2.066) <.001 1.864 (1.530‐2.271) <.001 2.262 (1.560‐3.280) <.001
LNH <.001 <.001 .012 .431
<12 1 1 1 1
≥12 0.902 (0.860‐0.946) <.001 0.818 (0.749‐0.893) <.001 0.754 (0.605‐0.940) .012 0.831 (0.523‐1.318) .431
T stage <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001
T1 1 1 1 1
T2 1.637 (1.394‐1.922) <.001 1.141 (0.837‐1.557) .404 1.058 (0.504‐2.221) .881 1.588 (0.448‐5.627) .474
T3 9.023 (7.946‐10.246) <.001 6.181 (4.914‐7.774) <.001 4.152 (2.412‐7.147) <.001 4.992 (1.818‐13.702) <.001
T4 20.870 (18.342‐23.747) <.001 15.019 (11.909‐18.942) <.001 14.582 (8.475‐25.088) <.001 12.225 (4.404‐33.935) <.001
N stage <.001 <.001 <.001 <.001
N0 1 1 1 1
N1 5.221 (4.947‐5.511) <.001 4.611 (4.147‐5.127) <.001 3.868 (2.894‐5.171) <.001 2.761 (1.693‐4.503) <.001
N2 11.952 (11.326‐12.613) <.001 9.130 (8.225‐10.136) <.001 11.454 (8.767‐14.964) <.001 7.488 (4.788‐11.713) <.001

Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; AD, adenocarcinoma; MAD, mucinous adenocarcinoma; SRCC, signet‐ring cell carcinoma; LNH, lymph node harvested.