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Table 2 Multivariate analysis of predictive factors for pathologic PALNM

From: Prognostic significance of enlarged paraaortic lymph nodes detected during left-sided colorectal cancer surgery: a single-center retrospective cohort study

Variables

Pathologic PALNM

OR (95% CI)

p

Clinical T stage (cT4 vs. cT1–3)

3.182 (0.865–11.701)

0.081

Clinical N stage (cN2 vs. cN0–1)

2.705 (0.577–12.671)

0.207

Radiologic PALNM (positive vs. negative)

12.737 (3.472–46.723)

< 0.001

Radiologic DM other than PALNM (positive vs. negative)

4.090 (1.011–16.539)

0.048

  1. PALNM Paraaortic lymph node metastasis; OR Odds ratio; CI Confidence interval; DM Distant metastasis