Table 2. Univariate analysis and multivariate analysis with regard to OS in 381 patients with pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors.
| Variables | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P value | HR | 95% CI | P value | HR | 95% CI | ||
| Gender (female, male) | 0.476 | 0.882 | 0.625–1.245 | 0.850 | 1.042 | 0680–1.598 | |
| Age (≤60, >60) | 0.430 | 1.120 | 0.845–1.486 | 0.117 | 1.270 | 0.941–1.714 | |
| Smoking history (ever, never) | 0.219 | 1.221 | 0.888–1.678 | 0.888 | 0.958 | 0.529–1.737 | |
| Drinking history (ever, never) | 0.101 | 1.295 | 0.950–1.764 | 0.327 | 1.314 | 0.761–2.271 | |
| Tumor size (≤4 cm, >4 cm) | 0.002* | 1.577 | 1.188–2.092 | 0.708 | 1.080 | 0.723–1.612 | |
| T stage (T1–T2, T3–T4) | 0.001* | 1.646 | 1.216–2.227 | 0.291 | 1.270 | 0.815–1.979 | |
| Lymph node metastasis (negative, positive) | <0.001* | 2.127 | 1.589–2.848 | <0.001* | 2.307 | 1.554–3.427 | |
| Distant metastasis (negative, positive) | 0.241 | 1.978 | 0.632–6.191 | 0.090 | 2.829 | 0.849–9.429 | |
| TNM stage (I/II, III/IV) | <0.001* | 2.167 | 1.632–2.876 | 0.059 | 1.530 | 0.984–2.378 | |
| Operation time (<200 min, ≥200 min) | 0.028* | 1.426 | 1.039–1.956 | 0.034* | 1.432 | 1.028–1.994 | |
| Intraoperative blood loss (<200 mL, ≥200 mL) | 0.354 | 1.143 | 0.861–1.518 | 0.397 | 0.878 | 0.650–1.186 | |
| Treatment (surgery only, surgery with adjuvant therapy) | 0.869 | 1.025 | 0.763–1.378 | <0.001* | 0.476 | 0.334–0.679 | |
| SII (<479.72, ≥479.72) | <0.001* | 2.189 | 1.641–2.920 | 0.002* | 1.657 | 1.199–2.291 | |
| NLR (<2.27, ≥2.27) | <0.001* | 2.284 | 1.717–3.038 | <0.001* | 1.817 | 1.331–2.479 | |
| PLR (<117.05, ≥117.05) | <0.001* | 1.942 | 1.453–2.597 | 0.001* | 1.707 | 1.235–2.361 | |
| PNI (<0.19, ≥0.19) | <0.001* | 0.582 | 0.438–0.774 | 0.044* | 0.721 | 0.524–0.991 | |
*, P less than 0.05 is significant. CI, confidence interval; OS, overall survival; HR, hazard ratio; SII, systemic immune-inflammation index; NLR, neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet–lymphocyte ratio; PNI, prognostic nutritional index