Table 3.

The multivariate logistic regression analysis of early death in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer.

Characteristic	FIGO Stage III			FIGO Stage IV
	OR	95% CI	P-value	OR	95% CI	P-value
Age (years)
≤ 63	Ref			Ref
64–76	2.90	2.17, 3.89	<0.001*	1.53	1.14, 2.04	0.004*
≥77	4.80	3.44, 6.72	<0.001*	2.80	1.96, 3.99	<0.001*
Race
White	Ref			Ref
Black	1.24	0.80, 1.86	0.317	1.12	0.74, 1.66	0.586
Others	0.73	0.42, 1.20	0.234	1.51	0.98, 2.28	0.054
Marital status
Single	Ref			Ref
Married	0.72	0.52, 1.01	0.051	0.89	0.64, 1.24	0.472
Divorced or Separated	1.18	0.78, 1.78	0.426	0.91	0.58, 1.41	0.664
Widowed	1.10	0.75, 1.62	0.630	0.91	0.60, 1.38	0.657
Histological subtype
Endometrioid carcinoma	Ref			Ref
Serous cystadenocarcinoma	1.08	0.69, 1.77	0.740	0.37	0.23, 0.58	<0.001*
Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma	4.16	2.25, 7.81	<0.001*	1.14	0.63, 2.07	0.677
Clear cell adenocarcinoma	3.28	1.79, 6.09	<0.001*	0.74	0.38, 1.40	0.351
Laterality
Only one side	Ref			Ref
Both sides	1.12	0.88, 1.43	0.357	0.94	0.73, 1.22	0.647
Unkown	0.92	0.44, 1.86	0.826	0.51	0.28, 0.90	0.022
Tumor size (mm)
≤ 27	Ref			Ref
≥28	1.26	0.86, 1.92	0.255	1.44	0.93, 2.33	0.116
Liver metastases
No	–	–	–	Ref
Yes	–	–	–	1.86	1.26, 2.71	<0.001*
Unknown	–	–	–	1.49	0.50, 4.22	0.468
Lung metastases
No	–	–	–	Ref
Yes	–	–	–	2.19	1.44, 3.29	<0.001*
Unknown	–	–	–	1.02	0.36, 3.03	0.967
CA125
Negative	Ref			Ref
Positive	2.70	1.21, 7.29	0.028*	–	–	–
Unkown	2.45	1.07, 6.75	0.054	–	–	–
Surgery
No surgery	Ref			Ref
Local resection	0.18	0.08, 0.39	<0.001*	0.37	0.19, 0.71	0.003*
Debulking or pelvic exenteration	0.12	0.08, 0.18	<0.001*	0.15	0.11, 0.22	<0.001*
Surgery but the specific operation unknown	0.16	0.01, 1.05	0.107	0.39	0.04, 2.25	0.340
Chemotherapy
No	Ref			Ref
Yes	0.08	0.06, 0.10	<0.001*	0.09	0.07, 0.11	<0.001*

FIGO, Federation International of Gynecology and Obstetrics; OR, Odds Ratio; CI, Confidence Interval; Ref, Reference;

^*p < 0.05.