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Table 3 Independent predictors of mortality in a multivariate analysis

From: Race is an independent predictor of survival in patients with soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities

Variable

HR

Lower 95%

Upper 95%

p value

PATIENT VARIABLES

Age (per 5 year increase)

1.15

1.14

1.16

< 0.001

Male Sex

1.2

1.12

1.27

< 0.001

Race

 Black

1.24

1.12

1.36

< 0.001

 Asian

0.9

0.76

1.07

0.226

Charlson Comorbidity

 1

1.24

1.14

1.34

< 0.001

 2

1.86

1.62

2.15

< 0.001

Uninsured

1.39

1.19

1.63

< 0.001

% no HSD

 7–12.9%

1.14

1.05

1.24

0.002

 13–20.9%

1.22

1.12

1.33

< 0.001

  > 21%

1.29

1.17

1.42

< 0.001

TREATMENT VARIABLES

Tumor Size (> 5 cm)

1.02

1.02

1.02

< 0.001

Grade

 Moderately Diff

2.16

1.85

2.51

< 0.001

 Poorly Differentiated

4.43

3.91

5.01

< 0.001

 Undifferentiated

4.58

4.04

5.2

< 0.001

Margin

 Macroscopic +

2.24

1.73

2.9

< 0.001

 Microscopic +

1.13

1.02

1.26

0.018

 No Surgery

4.3

3.94

4.7

< 0.001