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Table 3 Effects of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and prognostic factors on overall survival after Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in univariate and multivariate Cox regression models

From: Non–small cell lung cancer and immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy: does non-alcoholic fatty liver disease have an effect?

Parameter

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P value

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P value

Gender

 Male

Reference

   

 Female

0.846 (0.485—1.473)

0.554

  

Age

  < 65

Reference

 

Reference

 

  ≥ 65

1.710 (1.204—2.429)

0.003

1.537 (1.061—2.227)

0.023

Body mass index (kg/m2)*

  < Median

Reference

   

  ≥ Median

1.046 (0.671—1.631)

0.842

  

ECOG performance status

 0

Reference

 

Reference

 

  ≥ 1

1.874 (1.325—2.650)

 < 0.001

1.654 (1.161—2.355)

0.005

Diabetes

 No

Reference

   

 Yes

1.522 (0.901—2.570)

0.116

  

Hypertension

 No

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Yes

1.695 (1.193—2.408)

0.003

1.471 (1.018—2.127)

0.040

Smoking

 No

Reference

   

 Yes

0.972 (0.686—1.376)

0.871

  

Hyperlipidemia

 No

Reference

   

 Yes

1.053 (0.726—1.527)

0.785

  

Total bilirubin

1.022 (0.990—1.056)

0.179

  

Albumin/Globulin ratio

0.485 (0.271—0.867)

0.015

0.636 (0.334—1.210)

0.168

lactic dehydrogenase

1.003 (1.002—1.004)

 < 0.001

1.002 (1.001—1.003)

 < 0.001

Hemoglobin (g/L)

0.987 (0.976—0.997)

0.014

0.993 (0.981—1.004)

0.199

Blood urea nitrogen

0.968 (0.875—1.071)

0.531

  

Serum creatinine

1.005 (0.994—1.017)

0.382

  

Pathological types

 adenocarcinoma

Reference

   

 squamous carcinoma

0.847 (0.594—1.207)

   

 other

0.542 (0.218—1.345)

   

Types of ICIs

 PD-1 antibody

Reference

   

 PD-L1 antibody

0.917 (0.466—1.807)

0.803

  

Stages

 Stage III

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Stage IV

1.921 (1.223—3.017)

0.005

1.800 (1.132—2.862)

0.013

Groups

 Non-NAFLD

Reference

   

 NAFLD

1.039 (0.694—1.558)

0.851

  
  1. Abbreviations: 95% CI 95% Confidence Interval, Non-NAFLD Patients without non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, NAFLD Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, ICIs Immune checkpoint inhibitors, PD-1 Programmed cell death-1, PD-L1 Programmed cell death-ligand 1
  2. *Median body mass index is 25 kg/m2