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. 2022 Feb;43(2):146–155. doi: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.2.20210626

Table 2.

- Prognostic factors affecting overall survival and progression free survival among ovarian cancer patients (N=144).

Parameters n PFS (months) OS (months)
% censored Mean (95% CI) Log rank % censored Mean (95% CI) Log rank
Age (years)
20-39 41 75.6 141.9 (115.6-168.2) <0.001* 80.5 152.6 (128.0-177.2) <0.001*
40-59 66 37.9 72.7 (53.3-92.2) 50.0 89.9 (70.1-109.8)
60-85 37 21.6 42.4 (24.1-60.7) 27.0 50.2 (31.5-68.8)
BMI levels (kg/m2)
Underweight 5 40.0 85.2 (8.0-162.4) 0.942 40.0 89.0 (14.5-163.5) 0.791
Normal 38 50.0 89.0 (61.9-116.1) 63.2 106.8 (78.7-134.9
Overweight 49 44.9 67.6 (49.9-85.4) 51.0 75.6 (58.3-92.9)
Obese 52 40.4 74.9 (53.3-96.4) 48.1 88.7 (66.7-110.7)
Parity
Nullipara 38 52.6 76.5 (56.4-96.5) 0.388 57.9 82.0 (63.0-101.1) 0.126
1-3 55 49.1 88.0 (64.4-111.7) 63.6 114.5 (89.0-140.0)
> 4 51 33.3 65.8 (45.3-86.2) 37.3 73.8 (54.1-93.4)
Marital status
Single 22 54.5 67.7 (44.7-90.7) 0.567 59.1 79.7 (55.5-103.9) 0.912
Married 111 44.1 82.9 (66.6-99.2) 52.3 95.5 (78.8-112.2)
Divorced 5 0.0 34.2 (19.2-49.2) 40.0 91.8 (24.4-159.2)
Widow 6 50.0 47.2 (9.4-85.0) 50.0 48.2 (11.0-85.4)
Histopathology
Clear cell 2 50.0 35.0 (0.0-72.4) 0.004* 100.0 NC 0.025*
Endometroid 8 50.0 119.2 (68.1-170-2) 62.5 126.1 (73.3-178.9)
Mucinous 24 79.2 145.2 (109.7-180.7) 79.2 145.3 (109.9-180.7)
serous 110 36.4 64.7 (50.6-78.8) 45.5 80.7 (65.5-95.9)
Type
Serous 110 36.4 64.7 (50.6-78.8) <0.001* 45.5 80.7 (65.5-95.9) 0.003*
Non-serous 34 70.6 134.1 (105.6-162.6) 76.5 145.2 (117.1-173.2)
Stage
I 42 85.7 163.6 (143.9-183.3) <0.001* 88.1 169.7 (152.2-187.3) <0.001*
II 16 50.0 67.3 (46.6-88.0) 62.5 81.1 (62.7-98.6)
III 69 23.2 42.5 (28.1-56.9) 34.8 54.4 (38.5-70.3)
IV 17 23.5 36.6 (11.6-61.7) 29.4 49.9 (24.3-75.5)
Grade
1 37 83.8 141.8 (124.6-158.9) <0.001* 83.8 141.8 (124.8-158.9) <0.001*
2 26 57.7 110.6 (74.8-146.3) 61.5 119.1 (84.7-153.4)
3 81 22.2 43.6 (29.9-57.4) 35.8 60.5 (44.6-76.4)
Residual disease (cm)
0 77 74.0 137.2 (118.4-156.1) <0.001* 77.9 145.7 (127.1-164.3) <0.001
<1 16 12.5 23.7 (18.2-29.3) 31.3 48.1 (36.1-60.0)
>1 51 9.8 21.2 (12.9-29.4) 21.6 38.2 (26.5-50.0)
Chemotherapy
No 44 77.3 147.3 (123.3-171.3) <0.001* 77.3 147.3 (123.3-171.3) <0.001*
Carboplatin and taxane 82 32.9 55.8 (40.5-71.1) 46.3 69.4 (53.2-85.6)
Carboplatin 15 20.0 58.3 (23.8-92.8) 26.7 72.4 (34.5-110.2)
Recurrence
No 90 - - - 71.1 128.8 (109.2-148.4) <0.001*
Yes 49 - - 24.5 55.3 (40.7-69.9)
Persistent disease 5 - - 0.0 9.0 (3.9-14.1)

Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. *Statistically significant result (log rank<0.05). NC: Statistics were not calculated because all observations were censored. DFS: disease-free survival, OS: overall survival, BMI: body mass index