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Table 4 Prognostic factors including prior to treatment in the patients using multivariate analysis

From: Accuracy of methionine-PET in predicting the efficacy of heavy-particle therapy on primary adenoid cystic carcinomas of the head and neck

Variable

Multivariate

 

CI

CI

p value

HR

Metastasis

 TNR prior to treatment (≥5.6 vs. <5.6)

0.089

0.557

0.0013

0.222

 Tumor size (>40 vs. ≤40)

0.166

1.082

0.0725

0.423

 Age (≥54 vs. <54)

0.339

1.827

0.5766

0.787

 Gender (male vs. female)

0.342

2.003

0.6743

0.827

Survival

 TNR prior to treatment (≥5.6 vs. <5.6)

0.090

0.751

0.0128

0.259

 Tumor size (>40 vs. ≤40)

0.129

1.325

0.1373

0.414

 Age (≥54 vs. <54)

0.097

0.843

0.0232

0.287

 Gender (male vs. female)

0.181

1.700

0.3023

0.555

  1. CI confidence interval, HR hazard ratio.