Table 3 Sensitivity analysis of mortality using multivariable Cox regression techniques
From: Survival in overweight patients with advanced pancreatic carcinoma: a multicentre cohort study
Univariable | Multivariable | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | HR | 95% CI | P-value | HR | 95% CI | P-value |
BMI | 1.30 | 1.13 - 1.48 | <0.001 | 1.28 | 1.10. – 1.50 | 0.001 |
(in steps of 5) | ||||||
Age (continuously) | 1.00 | 0.99 - 1.01 | 0.695 | 1.00 | 0.99 - 1.01 | 0.405 |
Performance status | 0.73 | 0.60 - 0.94 | 0.015 | 0.70 | 0.54 - 0.91 | 0.009 |
(ECOG < 2 versus ECOG ≥ 2) | ||||||
Diabetes | 0.87 | 0.69 - 1.09 | 0.234 | 0.78 | 0.61 - 1.01 | 0.064 |
(yes versus no) | ||||||
Stage | 0.98 | 0.74 - 1.30 | 0.912 | 1.10 | 0.80 - 1.47 | 0.601 |
(stage III versus stage IV) | ||||||
Sex | 1.35 | 1.10 - 1.66 | 0.004 | 1.30 | 1.04 -1.63 | 0.023 |
(male versus female) | ||||||
CA 19-9 | 1.08 | 1.04 - 1.12 | <0.001 | 1.06 | 1.02 - 1.11 | 0.006 |
(continuously on log scale) | ||||||