Table 3.
OS univariate Cox model
| Variable | Group | n | HR | 95 CI | P value |
| # Sites | >2 | 24 | 1.00 | 0.42 to 1.65 | 0.61 |
| ≤2 | 17 | 0.84 | |||
| Sites | Visceral | 35 | 1.00 | 0.34 to 2.26 | 0.78 |
| Bone/soft tissue | 6 | 0.87 | |||
| # Lines | >2 | 31 | 1.00 | 0.66 to 2.94 | 0.39 |
| 2 | 10 | 1.39 | |||
| TGF-β (T0) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.38 to 1.45 | 0.38 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 0.74 | |||
| TGF-β (T1) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.32 to 1.22 | 0.17 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 0.62 | |||
| TNF-α (T0) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.58 to 2.18 | 0.75 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 1.12 | |||
| TNF-α (T1) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.43 to 1.61 | 0.58 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 0.83 | |||
| VEGF (T0) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.67 to 2.70 | 0.40 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 1.35 | |||
| VEGF (T1) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.64 to 2.42 | 0.53 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 1.24 | |||
| IL-6 (T0) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.16 to 0.70 | 0.004 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 0.34 | |||
| IL-6 (T1) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.20 to 0.78 | 0.007 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 0.39 | |||
| IL-8 (T0) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.17 to 0.70 | 0.03 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 0.35 | |||
| IL-8 (T1) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.14 to 0.58 | <0.001 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 0.29 | |||
| IL-10 (T0) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.28 to 1.07 | 0.08 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 0.55 | |||
| IL-10 (T1) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.30 to 1.16 | 0.13 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 0.59 | |||
| IL-21 (T0) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.59 to 2.29 | 0.66 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 1.17 | |||
| IL-21 (T1) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.55 to 2.12 | 0.81 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 1.09 | |||
| CCL-2 (T0) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.36 to 1.36 | 0.29 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 0.70 | |||
| CCL-2 (T1) | >Median | 20 | 1.00 | 0.31 to 1.55 | 0.37 |
| ≤Median | 21 | 0.70 |
CCL-2, C-C motif chemokine ligand-2; IL, interleukin; OS, overall survival; TGF-β, transforming growth factor β; TNF-α, tumour necrosis factor α; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.