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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 27.
Published in final edited form as: Head Neck. 2020 Sep 29;43(1):212–222. doi: 10.1002/hed.26479

Table 3.

Univariable and multivariable analysis for predictors of local recurrence, regional recurrence, distant recurrence, and overall survival

Local Recurrence Regional Recurrence Distant Recurrence Overall Survival

Univariable Multivariable Univariable Multivariable Univariable Multivariable Univariable Multivariable

Covariate Hazard Ratio (95% CI), p-value

Pathologic Stage
 Stage I-III Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Stage IV 1.08 (.49–2.38), p= 0.86 0.54 (0.20, 1.41), p = 0.21 1.43 (0.58–3.51) p= 0.44 0.54 (0.17–1.69), p= 0.29 1.73 (0.76–3.90), p= 0.19 0.85 (0.33–2.21), p=0.73 2.33 (1.15–4.71), p< 0.01 1.19 (0.53–2.65), p=0.68
Tumor size, mean 1.19 (0.98–1.45), p= 0.09 1.24 (0.97, 1.60) p= 0.09 1.15 (0.92–1.44), p= 0.23 1.31 (0.99–1.72), p= 0.06 1.25 (1.04–1.50), p< 0.01 1.2 (0.96–1.49), p= 0.12 1.22 (1.06–1.42), p< 0.01 1.18 (0.99–1.41), p= 0.07
Rapid Recurrence 13.9 (5.96–32.5), p< 0.01 13.1 (5.55–31.1), p< 0.01 16.6 (6.47–42.8), p< 0.01 15.4 (5.77–41.2), p< 0.01 4.67 (2.23–9.78), p< 0.01 3.71 (1.75–7.88), p< 0.01 6.16 (3.41–11.1) p< 0.01 5.47 (3.01–9.97), p< 0.01
ENE
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 2.77 (1.25–6.15), p= 0.01 2.01 (0.77–5.26), p= 0.15 4.57 (1.97–10.6), p< 0.01 3.73 (1.32–10.6), p< 0.01 3.90 (1.86–8.19), p< 0.01 2.05 (0.83–5.07), p= 0.12 4.78 (2.64–8.67), p< 0.01 2.75 (1.36–5.54), p< 0.01
PNI
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 2.11 (0.97–4.61), p= 0.06 1.70 (0.75–3.82), p= 0.20 4.15 (1.62–10.6) p< 0.01 3.82 (1.43–10.2), p< 0.01 2.96 (1.38–6.39), p< 0.01 1.86 (0.84–4.15), p= 0.13 3.19 (1.68–5.80), p< 0.01 2.07 (1.09–3.93), p< 0.05
LVI
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 1.87 (0.84–4.21) p= 0.13 1.03 (0.41–2.56), p= 0.95 1.05 (0.39–2.85) p= 0.92 0.43 (0.15–1.23), p= 0.12 3.93 (1.89–8.14) p< 0.01 1.89 (0.81–4.38), p= 0.14 2.80 (1.55–5.03) p< 0.01 1.15 (0.59–2.23), p=0.68

bold indicates p <0.05