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Table 2 Univariate and multivariate analyses to assess the prognostic factors in propensity score matched 218 gastric cancer patients

From: Prognostic nutritional index as a predictor of survival in resectable gastric cancer patients with normal preoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen levels: a propensity score matching analysis

Variables

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

HR

95% CI

p value

HR

95% CI

p value

Gender

female / male

1.414

0.690–3.116

0.353

   

Age

<  70 / ≥ 70

0.709

0.355–1.410

0.325

   

pStage

I, II / III

10.130

4.483–27.161

< 0.001

14.003

5.033–44.487

<  0.001

Tumor size

<  5 / ≥ 5

2.263

1.107–4.977

0.025

1.735

0.718–3.910

0.212

PNI

≥ 44.3 / <  44.3

2.000

0.999–4.197

0.049

2.794

1.352–6.039

< 0.001

CEA

<  5.0 / ≥ 5.0

2.136

1.036–4.254

0.040

1.821

0.878–3.649

0.105

Diff.

well & mod / poor

1.533

0.770–3.161

0.226

   

BMI

≥ 18.5 / <  18.5

1.052

0.414–3.548

0.924

   

Adjuvant

No / Yes

2.528

1.268–5.218

0.008

1.052

0.485–2.364

0.899

  1. HR Hazard ratio, CI Confidence interval, PNI Prognostic nutritional index, CEA Carcinoembryonic antigen, pStage Pathological Stage, Diff Differentiation, BMI Body mass index, Adjuvant adjuvant chemotherapy
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