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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate cox regression comparing resected patients with paraaortic lymph node metastasis (PALN+), or no paraaortic lymph node metastasis (PALN-).

From: Impact of para aortic lymph node removal on survival following resection for pancreatic adenocarcinoma

 

Variable

Subtype

Hazard Ratio (95% conf. interval)

p-value

Univariate

Resection type*

PALN-

0.55(0.29–1.01)

0.05

 

Demographic

Female sex

0.72(0.46–1.14)

0.16

  

Age

1.01(0.98–1.03)

0.51

  

Charlson Comorbidity Index

1.06(0.97–1.16)

0.21

 

Oncology treatment

Preoperative chemotherapy

0.70(0.38–1.30)

0.26

  

Postoperative Chemotherapy

0.56(0.33–0.93)

0.02

 

Tumor T-stage#

T2

1.42(0.54–3.73)

0.48

  

T3

1.42(0.55–3.64)

0.47

  

T4

1.01(0.12–9.19)

0.95

 

Tumor N stage#

N1

1.46(0.76–2.80)

0.26

  

N2

2.02(0.99–4.100)

0.06

 

Resection Result§

R1

0.98(0.39–2.46)

0.97

  

R2

1.95(0.47–8.08)

0.36

Multivariate

Resection type*

PALN-

0.77(0.36–1.63)

0.49

 

Demographic

Female sex

0.87(0.48–1.56)

0.63

  

Age

1.01(0.98–1.04)

0.59

  

Charlson Comorbidity Index

1.10(0.98–1.25)

0.12

 

Oncology treatment

Preoperative chemotherapy

0.85(0.33–2.23)

0.74

  

Postoperative Chemotherapy

0.46(0.24–0.91)

0.03

 

Tumor T-stage#

T2

0.90(0.40–3.10)

0.84

  

T3

1.01(0.35–2.8)

0.98

  

T4

2.06(0.04–5.9)

0.57

 

Tumor N stage#

N1

2.39(1.05–5.44)

0.04

  

N2

2.60(1.05–6.42)

0.04

 

Resection Result§

R1

0.82(0.28–2.43)

0.72

  

R2

2.86(0.61–13.48)

0.18

  1. *Compared with PALN + group.
  2. #Compared with T1 and N0, respectively
  3. §Compared with R0 resection
  4. Multivariate models were corrected for the shown covariates