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. 2021 Sep;13(9):5496–5507. doi: 10.21037/jtd-21-924

Table 4. Univariate and multivariate RFS and OS analysis of 258 patients with APA/PPA/IMA.

Variables RFS OS
Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value HR (95% CI) P value
Age, years (≥60 vs. <60) 1.174 (0.719–1.917) 0.522 3.467 (1.906–6.307) <0.001 3.268 (1.565–6.849) 0.002
Gender (male vs. female) 1.016 (0.620–1.666) 0.948 1.519 (0.831–2.777) 0.167
Smoking history (ever vs. never) 1.154 (0.675–1.973) 0.589 1.791 (0.925–3.469) 0.055
Radiologic component (solid vs. part-solid) 4.834 (2.954–7.912) <0.001 3.096 (1.590–6.024) 0.001 6.279 (3.453–11.42) <0.001 4.184 (1.650–10.64) 0.003
Surgical procedure (LOB vs. SEG/WED) 2.612 (1.046–6.523) 0.164 0.795 (0.256–2.466) 0.659
Pathological tumor size (T1b vs. T1a) 1.186 (0.591–2.379) 0.649 1.235 (0.523–2.924) 0.656
N-stage (N1–2 vs. N0) 5.632 (2.707–11.72) <0.001 3.509 (2.049–6.024) <0.001 5.060 (2.344–10.92) <0.001 2.985 (1.553–5.747) 0.001
VPI (present vs. absent) 1.963 (0.958–4.023) 0.019 0.452 1.961 (0.876–4.388) 0.039 0.894
LVI (present vs. absent) 2.261 (0.971–5.264) 0.009 0.304 2.806 (1.123–7.012) 0.001 0.674
EGFR mutation (yes vs. no) 0.953 (0.563-1.613) 0.857 0.470 (0.246-0.897) 0.011 0.107

RFS, recurrence-free survival; OS, overall survival; APA, acinar pattern-predominant adenocarcinoma; PPA, papillary pattern-predominant adenocarcinoma; IMA, invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma; LOB, lobectomy; SEG, segmentectomy; WED, wedge; VPI, visceral pleural invasion; LVI, lymphovascular invasion; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor.