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Table 2 Prognostic variables, survivals, and their hazard ratios (HRs) of the 73 CRC patients

From: A reappraisal of lymph node dissection in colorectal cancer during primary surgical resection

Prognostic variables

Survival differences

Cox’s proportional hazards regression

Survival, months

Log-rank

Univariate

Multivariate

Mean (95% CI)

p value

HR (95% CI)

p value

HR (95% CI)

p value

Gender

 

0.361

    

 Female (n = 30)

81.3 (61.3–101.2)

 

1.000

 

1.000

 

 Male (n = 43)

97.5 (81.2–113.9)

 

0.715 (0.347–1.475)

0.364

2.354 (0699–7.929)

0.167

Age (years)

 

0.592

    

 ≤65 (n = 44)

87.1 (70.9–103.2)

 

1.003 (0.973–1.035)*

0.649

1.039 (0.981–1.102)*

0.193

 >65 (n = 29)

94.8 (74.6–115.1)

 

-

 

-

 

Maximal tumor diameter (cm)

 

0.132

    

 ≤5 (n = 44)

94.2 (79.4–108.9)

 

1.000

   

 >5 m (n = 29)

78.4 (57.4–99.5)

 

1.726 (0.841–3.544)

0.137

  

T-status

 

0.074

    

 T1/T2 (n = 13)

114.5 (95.8–133.2)

 

1.000

 

1.000

 

 T3 (n = 56)

87.9 (73.0–102.9)

 

3.221 (0.762–13.612)

0.112

0.431 (0.067–2.768)

0.375

 T4 (n = 5)

51.4 (9.8–92.9)

 

7.100 (1.179–42.754)

0.032

0.316 (0.023–4.304)

0.387

N-status

 

< 0.001

    

 N0 (n = 31)

127.1 (115.9–138.3)

 

1.000

 

1.000

 

 N1 (n = 17)

86.0 (62.3–109.6)

 

5.267 (1.396–19.863)

0.014

5.749 (0.959–34.480)

0.056

 N2 (n = 25)

50.9 (31.0–70.8)

 

12.896 (3.793–43.843)

< 0.001

17.677 (2.048–152.605)

0.009

M-status

 

< 0.001

    

 M0 (n = 67)

98.5 (85.6–111.4)

 

1.000

 

1.000

 

 M1 (n = 6)

16.2 (3.7–28.7)

 

7.708 (2.957–20.095)

< 0.001

7.517 (1.626–34.756)

0.010

Stage

 

< 0.001

    

 I (n = 12)

113.6 (93.3–133.9)

 

1.000

   

 II (n = 19)

132.2 (122.2–142.2)

 

0.284 (0.026–3.128)

0.303

  

 III (n = 36)

74.6 (56.9–92.3)

 

4.100 (0.959–17.521)

0.057

  

 IV (n = 6)

16.2 (3.7–28.7)

 

18.011 (3.476–93.338)

0.001

  

Lymphatic vessel invasion

 

0.001

    

 No (n = 42)

100.1 (86.7–113.6)

 

1.000

 

1.000

 

 Yes (n = 22)

52.8 (31.9–73.6)

 

3.276 (1.509–7.114)

0.003

0.832 (0.226–3.060)

0.782

Venous vessel invasion

 

0.001

    

 No (n = 52)

94.4 (81.1–107.7)

 

1.000

 

1.000

 

 Yes (n = 11)

39.2 (16.8–61.6)

 

3.782 (1.590–8.993)

0.003

2.828 (0.398–20.120)

0.299

Perineural invasion

 

0.037

    

 No (n = 53)

90.5 (76.7–104.2)

 

1.000

 

1.000

 

 Yes (n = 4)

33.7 (0.0–72.0)

 

3.402 (0.996–11.625)

0.051

1.702 (0.192–15.084)

0.633

Histological grade

 

0.022

    

 Low grade (n = 51)

94.9 (81.0–108.8)

 

1.000

 

1.000

 

 Intermediate/high grade (n = 22)

71.2 (48.8–93.6)

 

2.266 (1.103–4.656)

0.026

2.332 (0.814–6.680)

0.115

Tumor configuration

 

0.104

    

 Exophytic (n = 25)

104.1 (87.9–120.3)

 

1.000

   

 Ulcerative (n = 48)

82.7 (66.1–99.3)

 

1.991 (0.853–4.646)

0.111

  

No. of TDNLs

 

0.448

    

 ≤ 10 (25 percentile, n = 20)

88.1 (66.0–110.3)

 

1.783 (0.548–5.803)

0.337

  

 10–29 (25–75 percentile, n = 37)

85.1 (66.4–103.7)

 

1.998 (0.671–5.950)

0.214

  

 > 29 (75 percentile, n = 16)

97.7 (74.8–121.1)

 

1.000

   

No. of NDLNs

 

0.071

    

 ≤ 9 (25 percentile, n = 22)

69.8 (48.1–91.5)

 

2.661 (0.956–7.405)

0.061

0.727 (0.153–3.448)

0.688

 9–27 (25–75 percentile, n = 33)

98.3 (79.0–117.5)

 

1.300 (0.451–3.752)

0.627

0.406 (0.074–2.223)

0.299

 > 27 (75 percentile, n = 18)

97.4 (76.5–118.2)

 

1.000

 

1.000

 
  1. CRC colorectal cancer, No. number, TDLNs total dissected lymph nodes, NDLNs negative dissected lymph nodes, SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval
  2. *Considered as a continuous variable