Table 5.

Hazard ratios (HRs) of clinicopathological characteristics for risk of death at 40 mo for patients with malignant mesothelioma

Variable	Univariate analysis HR (95% CI)	P value	Multivariate analysis HR (95% CI)	P value
Cluster
High risk vs Low risk	1.32 (0.68‐2.58)	.01	1.28 (0.60‐2.75)	.01
Asbestos exposure
Yes vs No	1.88 (1.004‐3.52)	.04	1.02 (0.51‐2.05)	.95
Histologic type
Sarcomatoid vs Epithelioid	1.12 (0.46‐2.72)	.05	1.86 (0.69‐5.007)	.21
Treatment
Surgical resection
No vs Yes	3.04 (1.37‐6.74)	.006	2.83 (1.14‐7.009)	.02
Chemotherapy
No vs Yes	2.41 (0.85‐6.84)	.05	3.47 (1.01‐11.83)	.04