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. 2020 Sep 18;25(11):e1732–e1742. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2020-0518

Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis for overall response rate (n = 152)

Variable Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
ORR, % OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
Experimental therapy
IO monotherapy 11.9 Ref
IO combination 11.8 0.99 0.37–2.86 .995
Age
<65 10.4 Ref
≥65 15.2 1.55 0.54–4.24 .399
Sex
Female 8.9 Ref
Male 16.1 1.97 0.73–5.48 .180
PS ECOG
0 17.1 Ref
≥1 5.6 0.29 0.08–0.84 .035 0.28 0.09–0.94 .039
Visceral metastases
No 14.6 Ref
Yes 10.8 0.71 0.25–2.16 .519
Metastatic sites
≤2 17.0 Ref
>2 4.7 0.24 0.05–0.77 .029 0.28 0.08–1.07 .062
Prior lines of therapy
≤2 17.4 Ref
>2 3.3 0.16 0.03–0.61 .019 0.18 0.04–0.82 .027
LDH
< ULN 19.4 Ref
> ULN 11.3 0.53 0.17–1.49 .242
NLR
<6 13.6 Ref
≥6 3.7 0.24 0.01–1.28 .180
dNLR
<3 13.2 Ref
≥3 6.7 0.47 0.07–1.78 .331
PLR
<300 12.2 Ref
≥300 10.8 0.87 0.24–2.64 .823
LMR
<3 11.8 Ref
≥3 12.1 1.03 0.28–3.14 .955
Albumin
≤3.5 5.3 Ref
>3.5 12.8 2.64 0.492–48.96 0.360

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; dNLR, derived neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio; IO, immunotherapy; LMR, lymphocyte‐to‐monocyte ratio; OR, odds ratio; ORR, overall response rate; NLR, neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio; PLR, platelet‐to‐lymphocyte ratio; PS ECOG, performance status according to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; ULN, upper limit of normal.