Table 1.
Specifics for the established significant associations (p≤0.0056) between the investigated WBC variables and the treatment outcomes.
| Outcome | Modeling | WBC variable | p | β | HR (95%CI) |
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| Overall survival | Univariate | N Δ4mo | 0.00001 | 0.61 | 1.8 (1.4–2.4) |
| N/L Δ4mo | 0.0003 | 0.16 | 1.2 (1.1–1.3) | ||
| Multivariate | N Δ4mo | 0.005 | 0.14 | 1.1 (1.0–1.3) | |
| N/L Δ4mo | 0.09 | 0.02 | 1.0 (1.0–1.0) | ||
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| Regional recurrence | Univariate | L Δ12d | 0.002 | 0.39 | - |
| L Δ2mo | 1E-10 | 0.12 | - | ||
Note: None of the WBCs predicted distant, local, or nodal recurrence (p-value range: 0.18–0.49, 0.13–0.49, 0.11–0.51); the p-values for the WBCs that did not predict OS and regional recurrence ranged between 0.02–0.67 and 0.008–0.47, respectively.