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. 2021 Apr 22;11:8722. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-87929-x

Table 3.

Prognostic factors for cancer specific survival and overall survival for patients with stage T1 colorectal cancer.

Cancer specific survival Overall survival
Univariate Multivariate Univariate Multivariate
HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value
Age
< 60 1 1 1 1
≥ 60 1.7 (1.3–2.2) 0.0002 1.7 (1.3–2.3) 0.0004 1.7 (1.3–2.2) < 0.0001 1.7 (1.3–2.2) 0.0002
Gender
Male 1 1 1
Female 0.9 (0.8–0.998) 0.0456 1.4 (1.02–1.8) 0.0373 0.9 (0.9–1.0) 0.0773
Marital status
Married 1 1
Single* 1.5 (1.1–2.0) 0.0036 1.5 (1.2–2.0) 0.0010
Unknown 0.8 (0.4–1.6) 0.5992 0.9 (0.5–1.7) 0.7873
Race
White 1 1 1 1
Black 1.5 (1.1–2.1) 0.0203 1.7 (1.2–2.4) 0.0054 1.5 (1.03–1.9) 0.0319 1.6 (1.2–2.3) 0.0045
Other 0.7 (0.4–1.2) 0.1633 0.8 (0.5–1.5) 0.5450 0.6 (0.4–1.1) 0.0918 0.8 (0.5–1.3) 0.3107
CEA
Negative 1 1 1
Positive 1.7 (1.1–2.7) 0.0132 1.9 (1.2–3.0) 0.0062 1.4 (0.97–2.1) 0.0726
Unknown 1.9 (1.2–2.9) 0.0075 1.7 (1.1–2.8) 0.0250 1.5 (1.03–2.3) 0.0339
Tumor localization
Colon 1 1
Rectum 1.4 (1.04–1.9) 0.0254 1.4 (1.02–1.8) 0.0312
Tumor size
≤ 5 cm 1 1 1
> 5 cm 1.5 (1.01–2.2) 0.0424 1.6 (1.05–2.4) 0.0300 1.3 (0.9–1.9) 0.1153
Unknown 1.7 (1.3–2.3) 0.0004 1.6 (1.1–2.2) 0.0074 1.6 (1.2–2.1) 0.0020
Histology
Adenocarcinoma 1 1 1 1
Mucinous 0.5 (0.3–0.8) 0.0093 0.5 (0.2–0.9) 0.0255 0.4 (0.2–0.6) 0.0001 0.5 (0.3–0.9) 0.0028
Signet-ring cell 3.2 (1.3–7.8) 0.0115 1.4 (0.5–3.9) 0.5235 3.2 (1.4–7.3) 0.0047 1.6 (0.6–3.9) 0.3342
Grade
Highly/moderately differentiated 1 1 1 1 1
Poorly/un-differentiated 2.6 (18–3.7)  < 0.0001 2.5 (1.7–3.8)  < 0.0001 2.5 (1.8–3.6)  < 0.0001 2.3 (1.6–3.4)  < 0.0001
Unknown 1.2 (0.9–1.7) 0.1942 0.9 (0.6–1.3) 0.5723 1.2 (0.9–1.7) 0.1522 1.0 (0.8–1.4) 0.7854
Tumor deposit
Negative 1 1 1 1
Positive 1.7 (0.9–3.1) 0.0812 3.0 (1.5–5.7) 0.0011 1.7 (0.96–2.9) 0.0667 2.4 (1.3–4.4) 0.0038
Unknown 1.2 (1.2–2.1) 0.0007 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 0.6641 1.4 (1.1–1.9) 0.0053 1.0 (0.8 -1.3) 0.9698
Perineural invasion
No 1 1
Yes 0.5 (0.2–1.5) 0.2203 0.7 (0.3–1.6) 0.4026
Unknown 1.0 (0.8–1.3) 0.8293 1.0 (0.7–1.2) 0.7874
Harvested lymph nodes
0–12 1 1 1 1
> 12 0.4 (0.3–0.6) < 0.0001 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 0.0005 0.4 (0.3–0.6) < 0.0001 0.4 (0.3–0.6) < 0.0001
Unknown 1.2 (0.5 -3.0) 0.6387 1.1 (0.3 -3.1) 0.5362 1.1 (0.5–2.7) 0.8302 0.9 (0.4–2.4) 0.8520
Positive lymph nodes
No 1 1
Yes 2.1 (1.3–3.5) 0.0031 2.0 (1.3–3.2) 0.0032
Unknown 3.3 (2.2–5.0) < 0.0001 3.0 (2.1–4.5) < 0.0001
N stage
N0 1 1 1 1
N1 0.9 (0.7–1.3) 0.1905 1.0 (0.7–1.4) 0.8494 0.9 (0.7–1.2) 0.4975 0.9 (0.6–1.2) 0.4264
N2 1.6 (1.05–2.6) 0.0302 1.9 (1.1–3.3) 0.0160 1.5 (1.01–2.4) 0.0463 1.9 (1.2–3.2) 0.0096
Unknown 2.1 (1.4–3.4) 0.0012 1.7 (1.1–2.8) 0.0294 1.9 (1.2–3.0) 0.0042 1.5 (0.9–2.4) 0.1041
Metastasis
Multiple sites 1 1 1 1
liver 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 0.0002 0.5 (0.4–0.8) 0.0017 0.5 (0.4–0.7) 0.0001 0.6 (0.4–0.8) 0.0043
lung 0.4 (0.2–0.7) 0.0025 0.2 (0.1–0.4)  < 0.0001 0.4 (0.3–0.8) 0.0030 0.2 (0.1–0.4)  < 0.0001
Brain or bone 1.7 (0.7–4.0) 0.2495 1.2 (0.5–3.2) 0.6648 2.0 (0.9–4.2) 0.0831 1.2 (0.5–2.9) 0.6100
other 0.3 (0.2–0.6)  < 0.0001 0.3 (0.2–0.5)  < 0.0001 0.4 (0.2–0.6)  < 0.0001 0.4 (0.2–0.6) 0.0001
Chemotherapy
No 1 1 1 1
Yes 0.5 (0.4–0.7) < 0.0001 0.4 (0.3–0.6) < 0.0001 0.5 (0.4–0.6) < 0.0001 0.4 (0.3–0.5) < 0.0001
Radiotherapy
No 1 1
Yes 1.3 (0.8–2.1) 0.2303 1.2 (0.7–1.8) 0.5068
Metastasectomy
No 1 1 1 1
Yes 0.4 (0.2–0.6) < 0.0001 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 0.0002 0.3 (0.2–0.5) < 0.0001 0.4 (0.2–0.6) 0.0002

HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval; *Single includes divorces/separated/widowed/unmarried.