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Table 3 Univariate analysis of prognostic factors for incidence of pathological fractures

From: The influence of orthopedic corsets on the incidence of pathological fractures in patients with spinal bone metastases after radiotherapy

Factor

Corset group

No corset group

 

p-value

p-value

Gender

0.357

0.642

KPS

0.402

0.819

NSCLC

0.101

0.184

Breast cancer

0.496

0.091

Kidney cancer

0.072

0.195

Localization

0.205

0.342

Chemotherapy

0.454

0.379

Stability before RT

0.268

0.677

Stability after 3 months

0.513

0.614

Stability after 6 months

0.202

0.402

Bisphosphonates

0.183

0.420

Number of metastases

0.145

0.229