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

Table 4.

COX Analysis of SPFS

System-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) 1.248 0.441 3.531 0.667
Histologic type
 Adeno vs Squamous 1.12 0.431 2.913 0.815
 Adeno vs Other 1.204 0.852 1.702 0.293
ICIs line, ≥3 vs <3 1.952 1.068 3.567 0.03
ECOG PS, 2 vs 0–1 3.698 1.777 7.696 <0.001* 3.264 1.766 6.033 <0.001*
Size of intracranial lesion (maximum diameter) (>3cm vs <3cm) 1.096 0.557 2.159 0.791
Edema size (>3cm vs <3cm) 0.972 0.503 1.877 0.933
Number of total lesions 1.27 0.718 2.246 0.412
Meningeal metastasis 1.408 0.668 2.966 0.369
GPA score
 0–1 vs 1.5–2.5 0.995 0.54 1.834 0.987
 0–1 vs 3 2.423 0.538 10.911 0.249
Combined with radiotherapy (yes vs no) 0.862 0.484 1.536 0.615
ICIs regimes (monotherapy vscombined therapy) 0.368 0.206 0.657 0.001* 0.52 0.279 0.967 0.039*
Mutation (EGFR mutation vs other mutation) 0.791 0.272 2.3 0.667
Liver metastasis 1.210 0.372 3.934 0.751
Gender, n (%) (male vs female) 1.226 0.647 2.325 0.532

Note: *p<0.05.

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; pBM, patients with brain metastasis prior to ICIs treatment.