Table 2.
MultivariateCoxregressionanalysis of prognostic factors on PFS of all enrolled patients
| Variable | n | P | HR | 95%CI |
| CNS: central nervous system. | ||||
| Gender | 0.002 | 0.358 | 0.185-0.693 | |
| Female | 67 | |||
| Male | 40 | |||
| Age (yr) | 0.201 | 0.585 | 0.275-1.330 | |
| > 65 | 30 | |||
| ≤65 | 77 | |||
| ECOG PS | 0.133 | 0.558 | 0.260-1.193 | |
| 0 | 24 | |||
| 1-2 | 83 | |||
| Clinical stage | 0.003 | 0.404 | 0.221-0.737 | |
| IVA | 22 | |||
| IVB | 85 | |||
| CNS metastasis | 0.330 | 0.717 | 0.367-1.400 | |
| Yes | 39 | |||
| No | 68 | |||
| EGFR mutation | 0.297 | 1.393 | 0.747-2.596 | |
| Exon 19 deletion | 50 | |||
| Other | 57 | |||
| Concomitant non-EGFR mutation | 0.611 | 0.841 | 0.431-1.640 | |
| TP53 | 53 | |||
| Other | 54 | |||
| Number of concomitant non-EGFR mutations | 0.152 | 0.478 | 0.174-1.313 | |
| 1 | 83 | |||
| ≥2 | 24 | |||
| Treatment protocol | < 0.001 | 0.132 | 0.062-0.281 | |
| Combination therapy | 63 | |||
| TKIs monotherapy | 44 | |||
| Type of EGFR-TKIs | 0.182 | 0.275 | 0.041-1.831 | |
| First-generation | 102 | |||
| Other | 5 | |||