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. 2022 Dec 27;20:625. doi: 10.1186/s12967-022-03838-1

Table 4.

Clinical and imaging parameters from univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis that have statistically significant (p < 0.05) association with the event free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with osteosarcoma (n = 35)

EFS (n = 35) OS (n = 35)
Parameters HR (95% CI) p value Parameters HR (95% CI) p value
Univariate analysis
Clinical parameter Clinical parameter
Metastasis 2.9 (1.2–6.6) 0.013 Metastasis 5.4 (2.1–14) < 10–3
ALP 1 (0.99–1.001) 0.005 ALP 1 (0.99–1.002) 0.002
Tumour-volume 1 (0.99–1.01) 0.011 Volume 1 (0.99–1.002) 0.013
Imaging parameter Imaging parameter
ADC-Mean 0.14 (0.028–0.74) 0.02 D*-Mean 1.1 (1–1.1) 0.009
ADC-90th percentile 0.27 (0.075–0.96) 0.043 D*-skewness 0.41 (0.2–0.83) 0.014
ADC-75th percentile 0.22 (0.06–0.84) 0.026 D*-90th percentile 1.1 (1–1.1) 0.032
ADC-60th percentile 0.21 (0.051–0.86) 0.03 D*-75th percentile 1 (1–1.1) 0.017
ADC-50th percentile 0.19 (0.042–0.87) 0.033 D*-60th percentile 1 (1–1.1) 0.013
ADC-25th percentile 0.11 (0.017–0.7) 0.019 D*-50th percentile 1 (1–1.1) 0.010
D-Mean 0.12 (0.019–0.79) 0.027 D*-25th percentile 1.1 (1–1.1) 0.023
D-90th percentile 0.17 (0.035–0.84) 0.03 D*.f-skewness 0.56 (0.34–0.94) 0.028
D-75th percentile 0.19 (0.04–0.88) 0.034 D*.f-kurtosis 0.93 (0.87–1) 0.045
D-60th percentile 0.19 (0.038–0.96) 0.044 D*.f-entropy 1.8 (1–3) 0.033
D-50th percentile 0.18 (0.034–0.99) 0.049 D*.f-60th percentile 1.2 (1–1.3) 0.042
D-25th percentile 0.18 (0.041–0.82) 0.026 D*.f-50th percentile 1.2 (1–1.4) 0.030
D*-Mean 1.1 (1–1.1) 0.004 D*.f-25th percentile 1.6 (1.1–2.3) 0.021
D*-skewness 0.37 (0.18–0.76) 0.007
D*-75th percentile 1 (1–1.1) 0.013
D*-60th percentile 1 (1–1.1) 0.007
D*-50th percentile 1 (1–1.1) 0.004
D*-25th percentile 1.1 (1–1.2) 0.001
D*.f-60th percentile 1.2 (1–1.3) 0.032
D*.f-50th percentile 1.2 (1–1.5) 0.015
D*.f-25th percentile 2 (1.3–3.1) 0.002
Multivariate analysis
EFS-Model-1 OS-Model-1
 Tumour-volume 1.002 (1.001–1.003) 0.001 Metastasis 4.330 (1.638–11.449) < 10–3
 ADC-25th percentile 0.047 (0.006–0.394) 0.005 D*-Mean 1.045 (0.999–1.093) 0.056
EFS-Model-2 OS-Model-2
 Tumour-volume 1.001 (1–1.003) 0.007 Metastasis 2.955 (1.021–8.554) 0.046
 D-Mean 0.1 (0.014–0.726) 0.023 Tumour-volume 1.001 (1–1.003) 0.042
 D*-Mean 1.052 (1.003–1.103) 0.039 D*.f-skewness 0.544 (0.298–0.995) 0.048