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Table 4 Multivariate analysis for LRFS and DMFS for all patients

From: Evaluation of effect of body mass index and weight loss on survival of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy

  

LRFS

DMFS

Variable

Comparison

p

HR (95 % CI)

p

HR (95 % CI)

Age

Young vs. old

0.085

2.395(0.89–6.47)

0.661

1.203(0.53–2.74)

Sex

Male vs. female

0.531

1.379(0.50–3.77)

0.145

1.864(0.81–4.30)

preT BMI

<23 kg/m2 vs. ≥23 kg/m2

0.281

0.601(0.24–1.52)

0.134

0.528(0.23–1.22)

Education level

Low vs. Medium

0.161

2.197(0.73–6.61)

0.538

1.336(0.53–3.36)

 

Low vs. high

0.190

2.208(0.68–7.22)

0.750

0.823(0.25–2.72)

CCIS

0 vs. 1

0.005

4.264(1.56–11.65)

0.509

0.610(0.14–2.65)

 

0 vs. ≥2

0.585

1.562(0.31–7.76)

0.804

1.217(0.26–5.73)

T classification

Early vs. late

0.444

1.437(0.57–3.63)

0.520

0.765(0.34–1.73)

N classification

Early vs. late

0.998

0.998(0.32–3.09)

0.524

1.448(0.46–4.53)

Treatment

RT vs. CCRT

0.592

1.549(0.31–7.68)

0.091

0.310(0.08–1.21)

 

RT vs. RT/CCRT + CT

0.353

2.202(0.42–11.65)

0.893

1.081(0.35–3.34)

BWL percentage

<5 % vs. ≥5 %

0.284

1.759(0.63–4.94)

0.097

2.280(0.86–6.05)

  1. Abbreviations: HR hazard ratio; CI confidence interval. Other abbreviations as in Tables 1 and 2