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. 2020 Dec 14;13:12777–12786. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S286600

Table 3.

Cox Analysis of BM IPFS

BM IPFS (pBM Group)
Univariate Analysis Multivariate Analysis
HR 95% CI p value HR 95% CI p value
Down Up Down Up
Age (≥70 vs <70) 1.67 0.496 5.618 0.408
Histologic type
 Adeno vs Squamous 1.753 0.404 7.602 0.453
 Adeno vs Other 0.989 0.638 1.535 0.962
ICIs line, ≥3 vs <3 2.225 1.071 4.621 0.032* 1.441 0.624 3.332 0.393
ECOG PS, 2 vs 0–1 4.485 2.153 9.346 <0.001* 3.247 1.448 7.283 0.004*
Size of intracranial lesion (maximum diameter) (≥3cm vs <3cm) 0.451 0.159 1.282 0.135
Edema size (≥3cm vs <3cm) 0.474 0.183 1.227 0.124
Number of total lesions 1.2 0.621 2.32 0.588
Meningeal metastasis 2.13 0.95 4.776 0.066
GPA score
 0–1 vs 1.5–2.5 0.924 0.396 2.157 0.856
 0–1 vs 3 0.036 0 15,824 0.615
Combined with radiotherapy (yes vs no) 0.697 0.36 1.346 0.282
ICIs regimes (monotherapy vs combined therapy) 0.386 0.196 0.759 0.006* 0.629 0.277 1.425 0.266
Mutation (EGFR mutation vs other mutation) 1.051 0.643 1.718 0.842
WBRT (yes vs no) 0.794 0.399 1.582 0.512
SRS (yes vs no) 0.794 0.328 1.919 0.608
Liver metastasis 1.328 0.316 5.580 0.699
Gender, n (%) (male vs female) 0.957 0.449 2.04 0.910

Abbreviations: ICIs, immune checkpoint inhibitors; DS-GPA, disease-specific graded prognostic assessment; ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; WBRT, whole brain radiotherapy; SRS, stereotactic radiosurgery; pBM, patients with brain metastasis prior to ICIs treatment. *p<0.05.