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. 2022 Jul 7;22:741. doi: 10.1186/s12885-022-09850-4

Table 4.

Effect of any rhG-CSF use on metastasis following postoperative chemotherapy in NSCLC by follow-up 1, 2 and 3 year

Follow-up 1 Year Follow-up 2 Year Follow-up 3 Year
Total, n Events, n (%) Adjusted I Adjusted II Events, n (%) Adjusted I Adjust II Events, n (%) Adjusted I Adjusted II
HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
rhG-CSF
 No rhG-CSF 61 4 (6.56%) 1 1 8 (13.11%) 1 1 12 (19.67%) 1 1
 rhG-CSF 246 54 (21.95%) 4.02 (1.45,11.11) 4.44 (1.54,12.79) 80 (32.52%) 3.17 (1.53, 6.58) 2.91 (1.34, 6.29) 101 (41.05%) 2.66 (1.45, 4.86) 2.53 (1.32, 4.82)
Doseage (μg)
 0 61 4 (6.56%) 1 1 8 (13.11%) 1 1 12 (19.67%) 1 1
 ≤ 500 96 19 (19.79%) 3.74 (1.27, 11.01) 4.09 (1.36, 12.34) 32 (33.33%) 3.37 (1.55, 7.33) 3.13 (1.40, 7.00) 41 (42.71%) 2.91 (1.52, 5.57) 2.76 (1.41, 5.43)
 500–1000 85 20 (23.53%) 4.36 (1.49, 12.82) 5.36 (1.70, 16.89) 26 (30.59%) 3.00 (1.35, 6.65) 2.79 (1.18, 6.64) 32 (37.65%) 2.47 (1.29, 4.82) 2.50 (1.20, 5.20)
 1000–1500 32 6 (18.75%) 2.97 (0.84, 10.58) 3.57 (0.96, 13.27) 10 (31.25%) 2.53 (0.99, 6.47) 2.30 (0.87, 6.06) 13 (40.63%) 2.06 (0.93, 4.57) 1.88 (0.82, 4.31)
 > 1500 33 9 (27.27%) 5.21 (1.59, 17.01) 7.18 (1.96, 26.26) 12 (36.36%) 3.88 (1.58, 9.54) 3.88 (1.42, 10.59) 15 (45.45%) 3.18 (1.48, 6.82) 3.12 (1.32, 7.38)
p for trend 0.04 0.03 0.05 0.16 0.08 0.23
Dose density (μg/day)
 0 67 5 (7.46%) 1 1 10 (14.93%) 1 1 15 (22.39%) 1 1
 < 15 71 13 (18.31%) 2.52 (0.90, 7.08) 2.91 (0.97, 8.75) 20 (28.17%) 1.97 (0.92, 4.23) 1.89 (0.83, 4.3) 29 (40.85%) 1.83 (0.98, 3.42) 1.79 (0.90, 3.55)
 15–60 89 21 (13.16%) 3.65 (1.37, 9.71) 3.74 (1.31, 10.67) 28 (31.46%) 2.63 (1.27, 5.42) 2.16 (0.98, 4.76) 31 (34.83%) 1.87 (1.01, 3.48) 1.59 (0.80, 3.15)
 60–200 38 5 (13.16%) 2.25 (0.65, 7.84) 1.97 (0.55, 7.15) 11 (28.95%) 2.48 (1.05, 5.88) 1.83 (0.74, 4.51) 16 (42.11%) 2.51 (1.23, 5.12) 1.88 (0.89, 3.97)
 ≥ 200 42 14 (33.33%) 6.13 (2.19, 17.11) 5.88 (2.06, 16.85) 19 (45.24%) 4.97 (2.3, 10.75) 4.18 (1.88, 9.29) 22 (52.38%) 4.09 (2.11, 7.94) 3.38 (1.69, 6.74)
p for trend < 0.001 0.01 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001

Adjusted I model adjust for: Age; Sex; Weight; Smoking

Adjusted II model adjust for: Age; Sex; Weight; Smoking; Histopathology; Differentiation; Complications; Pathological stage; Chemotherapy; Number of chemotherapy; Myelosuppression; Fever; Antibiotic

HR Hazard ratio, CI Confidence interval, rhG-CSF Recombinant human granulocyte-colony stimulating factor