Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards models for mortality in patients with MDS.

	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	HR (95%CI)	P	HR (95%CI)	P
Age	1.00 (0.97–1.04)	.83	–	–
Gender; female vs male	0.32 (0.07–1.47)	.14	–	–
Karyotype			–	–
Intermediate vs good	6.82 (1.37–34.04)	.02	–	–
Poor vs good	11.69 (2.23–61.32)	<.01	–	–
Cytopenia; 2/3 vs 0/1 lineage	1.00 (0.33–2.98)	1.00	–	–
Bone marrow blasts (%)	0.95 (0.73–1.24)	.70	–	–
IPSS score; ≥1.5 vs <1.5	3.25 (1.05–10.08)	.04	4.79 (1.40–16.34)	.01
With AIMs vs without AIMs	3.24 (1.03–10.23)	.045	4.76 (1.39–16.35)	.01

AIMs = autoimmune manifestations, CI = confidence interval, HR = hazard ratio, IPSS = International Prognostic Scoring System.