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. 2022 Aug 3;13:960–967. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.28260

Table 2. Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis for MCC related death, death from any cause et MCC recurrence.

Covariate Cancer Specific survival Overall survival MCC Recurrence (any site)
Univariate
analysis
Multivariate
analysis
Univariate
analysis
Multivariate
analysis
Univariate
analysis
Multivariate
analysis
HR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI) p aHR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI) p aHR (95% CI) p
Age (years)
>80.5 vs. ≤80.5 2.86 (1.08–7.54) 0.034 4.85 (1.39–16.9) 0.013 2.85 (1.37–5.95) 0.005 3.85 (1.56–9.48) 0.003 1.13 (0.50–2.56) 0.772 0.75 (0.26–2.16) 0.590
Sex
male vs. female 1.99 (0.81–4.92) 0.135 4.64 (1.31–16.41) 0.017 1.43 (0.71–2.88) 0.321 2.75 (1.10–6.84) 0.030 1.94 (0.85–4.42) 0.113 1.56 (0.57–4.28) 0.389
AJCC
3–4 vs. 1–2 1.82 (0.73–4.55) 0.196 2.16 (0.73–6.35) 0.161 0.90 (0.42–1.96) 0.800 1.65 (0.68–3.98) 0.265 1.41 (0.60–3.34) 0.431 1.64 (0.63–4.28) 0.314
Immunosuppression
present vs. absent 1.85 (0.54–6.41) 0.327 3.29 (0.79–13.71) 0.101 3.23 (1.28–8.14) 0.013 5.25 (1.82–15.2) 0.002 1.39 (0.41–4.70) 0.593 2.24 (0.60–8.34) 0.230
MCPyV status
positive vs. negative 0.26 (0.00–0.67) 0.005 0.42 (0.16–1.09) 0.076 0.29 (0.00–0.61) 0.001 0.37 (0.00–0.83) 0.017 0.23 (0.00–0.55) 0.001 0.20 (0.00–0.57) 0.002
GPC3 expression
positive vs. negative 2.24 (0.74–6.75) 0.153 4.05 (1.06–15.43) 0.040 1.58 (0.72–3.46) 0.252 2.42 (0.89–6.54) 0.082 1.45 (0.60–3.53) 0.412 1.34 (0.48–3.79) 0.576

Abbreviations: HR: Hazard Ratio; aHR: adjusted HR; CI: confidence interval; MCC: Merkel Cell Carcinoma.