Table 5.

Univariate and multiple proportional hazards regression analyses for patients with thymic carcinoma (n=34)

				Univariate		Multiple Regression
Variable	Comparison* (N)	P (Log-rank)	P (Trend)	Hazard Ratio (HR)	95% CI	Hazard Ratio (HR)	95% CI
Age		0.17	0.31
	<40 (6) vs. 40–51 (6)			0.15	0.02, 1.29
	<40 vs. 51–62 (9)			0.29	0.07, 1.13
	<40 vs. >62 (13)			0.39	0.11, 1.38
Sex	Female (13) vs. Male (21)	0.32		1.72	0.59, 5.04	2.32	0.74, 7.22
Race
	Other (8) vs. White (26)	0.83		1.15	0.32, 4.09
Stage	IIB/III (4), IVA (4), IVB (26)	0.87	0.62
	IIB/III/IVA (8) vs. IVB (26)	0.59		1.40	0.39, 4.99	1.93	0.51, 7.38
Mesothelin expression	>50 (19) vs. <50 (15)	0.003		4.46	1.55, 12.80	5.39	1.77, 16.40

^*The reference group used to calculate the hazard ratio is indicated first.