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. 2022 Feb;13(1):288–297. doi: 10.21037/jgo-21-615

Table 3. Univariate associations with OS and DFS.

Association OS DFS
HR (95% CI) P valuea HR (95% CI) P valuea
Age, years 0.03 0.048
   <60 0.5 (0.2–1.0) 0.5 (0.2–1.0)
   ≥60 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
Type of treatment <0.001 <0.001
   Surgical resection/aCRT 0.3 (0.1–0.6) 0.3 (0.2–0.7)
   dCRT 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
   nCRT/OLT 0.1 (0.1–0.3) 0.2 (0.1–0.4)
Ulcerative colitis 0.17 0.30
   Yes 0.6 (0.3–1.3) 0.7 (0.3–1.5)
   No 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
PSC 0.13 0.28
   Yes 0.6 (0.3–1.2) 0.7 (0.3–1.4)
   No 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
Sex 0.26 0.28
   Female 1.5 (0.8–3.0) 1.5 (0.7–2.9)
   Male 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
ECOG performance status 0.10 0.10
   0 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
   1 1.4 (0.7–2.8) 1.3 (0.7–2.6)
   2 4.0 (0.9–17.4) 4.3 (1.4–13.1)
Location 0.32 0.16
   Hilar 1.0 (Reference) 0.62 (0.3–1.3)
   Distal 0.7 (0.3–1.4) 1.0 (Reference)
Clinical tumor stage 0.40 0.10
   T0-T2 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
   T3/T4 1.3 (0.7–2.5) 1.7 (0.4–3.1)
Clinical node stage 0.02 0.03
   N0 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
   N1/N2 2.3 (1.2–4.5) 2.1 (1.1–4.1)
Stent 0.85 0.70
   Yes 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
   No 1.0 (0.4–2.2) 0.8 (0.4–1.8)
Tumor size <0.001 <0.001
   ≤3 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
   >3 3.3 (1.7–6.4) 3.8 (2.0–7.4)

a, Type 3 likelihood-ratio P value. aCRT, adjuvant chemoradiotherapy; dCRT, definitive chemoradiotherapy; DFS, disease-free survival; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; nCRT/OLT, neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by orthotopic liver transplantation; OS, overall survival; PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis.