TABLE 3.
Univariate and multivariable analyses demonstrate factors associated with positive exploration at the time of attempted/definitive resection
| Factor | Univariate |
Multivariable |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95%CI | P-value | OR | 95%CI | P-value | |||
| Age, <60 vs ≥60 years | 0.99 | 0.56 | 1.76 | 0.97 | ||||
| Sex, female vs male | 1.86 | 1.05 | 3.29 | 0.03 | ||||
| Race/ethnicity, white vs other | 0.68 | 0.38 | 1.21 | 0.19 | ||||
| Grade, poorly differentiated vs other | 5.65 | 1.71 | 18.60 | 0.004 | 4.58 | 1.37 | 15.27 | 0.01 |
| Linitis, yes vs no | 5.49 | 2.68 | 11.23 | <0.001 | 4.18 | 1.90 | 9.24 | <0.001 |
| Signet-ring cell morphology, yes vs no | 2.27 | 1.25 | 4.10 | 0.007 | ||||
| cT category, cT3/4 vs cT1/2 | 1.44 | 0.55 | 3.80 | 0.46 | ||||
| cN status, positive vs negative | 1.21 | 0.65 | 2.25 | 0.55 | ||||
| Surgery delayed >8 months, yes vs no | 1.16 | 0.60 | 2.27 | 0.66 | ||||