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Table 3 Logistic regression analysis verifying the risk factors for early termination of chemotherapy (N = 31)

From: Serum albumin level as a potential marker for deciding chemotherapy or best supportive care in elderly, advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients with poor performance status

 

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval

p-value

Univariate analysis

 Age

0.93

0.722–1.20

0.575

 ECOG Performance status = 2

0.449

0.100–2.01

0.295

 Brinkman Index

1.00

0.999–1.00

0.655

 Emphysema

0.794

0.112–5.66

0.818

 Diabetes melitus

2.23

0.497–10.0

0.295

 Squamous cell carcinoma

0.889

0.135–5.85

0.902

 Major diameter of the primary site

1.01

0.973–1.04

0.672

 Brain metastasis

2.12

0.349–13.0

0.414

 Bone metastasis

9.92

1.75–56.3

0.00961

 Liver metastasis

0.900

0.0723–11.2

0.935

 Adrenal gland metastasis

7.12

0.640–79.3

0.110

 Carboplatin-based doublet therapy

1.06

0.229–4.92

0.939

 Lymphocyte count

1

0.999–1.00

0.866

 Hemoglobin

0.637

0.392–1.04

0.0691

 Albumin

0.117

0.0168–0.811

0.0299

 Lactate dehydrogenase

1.01

0.999–1.02

0.0979

 Calcium

1.19

0.632–2.24

0.59

 C-reactive protein

1.15

0.897–1.48

0.267

Multivariate analysis

 Bone metastasis

10.9

1.52–77.9

0.0174

 Albumin

0.0886

0.00791–0.992

0.0493

  1. In the univariate analysis, serum albumin level and the existence of bone metastasis, all with p-values <0.05, were selected as candidate risk factors. A multivariate analysis showed that the association between serum albumin level and the existence of bone metastasis with early termination of chemotherapy were statistically significant
  2. Abbreviations: ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group