Table 5 Variables that had significant influence on overall survival in a subset of 148 patients with curative radio-chemotherapy or radiotherapy (univariate analysis)
Variable | Categories (No) | 3-year OS | p-value (HR) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | M | 111 | 25.6% | 0.02 |
F | 37 | 45.0% | (0.58) | |
Pathology | squamous | 90 | 22.0% | 0.005 * |
adeno | 22 | 51.0% | (0.42) | |
NOS | 36 | 39.9% | ||
N stage | 0–1 | 40 | 18.8% | 0.02 |
2–3 | 107 | 34.4% | (0.60) | |
N/A | 1 | |||
Smoking status | never | 12 | 64.2% | < 0.04 |
ever | 136 | 28.2% | (2.76) | |
VEGF (n = 125) | < 362 pg/ml | 62 | 38.7% | 0.006 |
≥362 pg/ml | 63 | 22.7% | (1.89) | |
EPO (n = 96) | < 16.1 mlU/ml | 51 | 40.3% | 0.008 |
≥16.1 mlU/ml | 45 | 15.9% | (2.02) | |