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Table 2 Multivariate Cox proportional hazard model for overall survival and disease-free survival of advanced HPSCC patients

From: Treatment patterns and survival outcomes of advanced hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma

Variable

OS

DFS

HR (95% CI)

p value

HR (95% CI)

p value

Sex

 Female

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Male

1.74 (0.82–3.68)

0.150

1.39 (0.72–2.70)

0.332

Age (years)

 < 65

Reference

 

Reference

 

 ≥ 65

1.01 (0.76–1.36)

0.929

0.97 (0.73–1.28)

0.965

Overall stages

 III

Reference

 

Reference

 

 IVA

1.67 (1.18–2.35)

0.004

1.64 (1.19–2.26)

0.057

 IVB

2 98 (2.05–4.33)

< 0.001

3.01 (2.12–4.27)

< 0.001

Histology grade

 WD/MD

Reference

 

Reference

 

 PD/UD

0.99 (0.73–1.34)

0.944

0.97 (0.72–1.30)

0.826

 Unclassified

1.06 (0.83–1.35)

0.632

1.10 (0.87–1.38)

0.440

Treatment

 CCRT

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Surgery

0.73 (0.57–0.94)

0.014

0.83 (0.66–1.04)

0.105

  1. OS overall survival, DFS disease-free survival, WD well differentiated, MD moderately differentiated, PD poorly differentiated, UD undifferentiated, CCRT concurrent chemoradiotherapy