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Table 4 Univariate Analysis of Variables Correlated with Various Clinical Endpoints

From: Grading of MRI–detected skull-base invasion in nasopharyngeal carcinoma with skull-base invasion after intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Characteristic

5y-LFFS

P

5y-DMFS

P

5y-PFS

P

5y-OS

P

Sex

 Male

89.7

0.052

84.9

0.359

73.7

0.017

86.2

0.301

 Female

95.2

 

88.6

 

82.7

 

90.1

 

Age (y)

  ≥ 48

89.6

0.245

85.9

0.866

75.0

0.646

83.3

0.037

 <48

93.2

 

86.3

 

78.0

 

91.5

 

Skull-base invasion

 LSBI

92.6

0.296

90.0

0.116

81.3

0.032

93.1

0.024

 ESBI

90.8

 

84.2

 

73.6

 

84.0

 

T classification

 T3

93.1

0.093

88.5

0.036

79.9

0.042

90.9

0.014

 T4

89.5

 

83.2

 

72.6

 

83.2

 

N classification

 N0

92.2

0.909

94.1

< 0.001

84.7

0.066

87.7

0.879

 N1

90.7

 

89.3

 

79.2

 

89.9

 

 N2

91.5

 

84.3

 

73.6

 

86.3

 

 N3

93.7

 

69.9

 

66.4

 

80.8

 

Overall Stage (the 8th AJCC)

 III

92.7

0.220

91.1

0.001

81.8

0.008

92.4

0.003

 IVa

90.4

 

81.5

 

71.9

 

82.7

 

Concurrent chemotherapy

 Yes

91.3

0.585

86.4

0.471

75.8

0.924

87.7

0.706

 No

94.1

 

80.9

 

76.7

 

84.7

 
  1. ESBI extensive skull-base invasion, LSBI limited skull-base invasion, LFFS local failure free survival, DMFS distant metastasis free survival, PFS progression free survival, OS overall survival