Table 3.
Multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analyses of DFS and OS.
| Variables | DFS | OS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | P | Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | P | |
| Pathological responses | ||||
| Good-response vs. poor-response | 0.357 (0.188–0.678) | 0.002 | – | – |
| yp N stage | ||||
| Positive vs. negative | – | 2.880 (1.118–7.422) | 0.028 | |
| Pretreatment biomarkers | ||||
| PNI | 0.750 (0.663–0.849) | 0.000 | 0.767 (0.672–0.876) | 0.000 |
DFS, disease-free survival; OS, overall survival; NLR, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; PNI, prognostic nutritional index. Bold values mean that P value is significant.