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. 2021 Apr;12(2):307–327. doi: 10.21037/jgo-20-264

Table 2. Univariate Cox regression analyses, LASSO coefficient score, and multivariate Cox regression analyses of risk factors for OS.

Variables Univariate LASSO Multivariate
HR 95% CI P Score HR 95% CI P Score
Lower Upper Lower Upper
Year at diagnosis 0.284
   1998–2007
   2008–2016 0.851 0.633 1.143
Sex
   Male
   Female 1.180 0.919 1.515 0.194
Age, y <0.001 0.317 <0.001
   <45 0
   ≥45, ≤81 1.625 1.053 2.507 0.028 1.463 0.939 2.278 0.0.09 2.76
   >81 3.089 1.753 5.444 <0.001 3.9608 2.20 7.14 <0.001 10
Race
   White
   Black 0.816 0.546 1.220 0.321
   Others 1.252 0.920 1.704 0.152
Origin
   Non-Spanish-Hispanic-Latino
   Spanish-Hispanic-Latino 0.921 0.686 1.236 0.584
Lesion size 0.001 0.362 0.006
   <5 cm 0
   ≥5 cm 2,288 1.457 3.593 <0.001 1.933 1.212 3.084 0.006 4.87
Grade 0.438
   G1–2
   G3–4 0.804 0.331 1.955 0.631
   Unknown 0.603 0.224 1.627 0.318
Primary tumor invasion 0.002 0.080 0.262
   T1–3 0
   T4 1.596 1.192 2.137 1.190 0.878 1.613 0.262 1.27
Node status <0.001 0.125 0.669
   N0 0
   N+ 2.154 1.511 3.071 0.826 0.344 1.983 0.669 1.42
Retrieved nodes 0.006 –0.094
   No 6.39
   Yes 0.454 0.259 0.796 0.415 0.203 0.848 0.016 0
Positive nodes <0.001 0.242 0.016
   0 0
   ≤15 1.739 1.251 2.419 0.001 2.293 1.013 5.192 0.046 6.15
   >15 2.837 1.864 4.316 <0.001 3.208 1.360 7.566 0.007 8.69
Gastrectomy 0.189
   Total
   Non-total 0.729 0.520 1.023 0.068
   Unknown 0.921 0.690 1.228 0.574
Combined resection 0.010 0.096 0.012
   No 0
   Yes 1.443 1.090 1.911 1.463 1.086 1.983 0.012 2.79
Chemotherapy 0.019 –0.050
   No
   Yes 0.741 0.577 0.952
Radiotherapy 0.001 –0.161 0.008
   No 2.74
   Yes 0.641 0.491 0.836 0.692 0.527 0.910 0
Marital status 0.027
   Unmarried
   Married 0.701 0.538 0.912 0.008
   Unknown 0.932 0.498 1.744 0.825
Insurance situation 0.492
   Insured
   Uninsured 0.784 0.192 3.205 0.734
   Any medical 0.789 0.392 1.585 0.505
   Unknown 1.168 0.876 1.557 0.291
Bachelor education 0.732
   <30%
   ≥30 0.853 0.732 1.240
Median house incomes (per $40,000 incomes) 0.632
   0–40,000
   40,000–80,000 0.684 0.281 1.670 0.405
   80,000–120,000 0.740 0.298 1.841 0.517

LASSO, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator; OS, overall survival; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.