Table 2 Logistic regression analysis for incidence of metastases within 5 mm of the hypothalamus
From: Prevalence of metastases within the hypothalamic-pituitary area in patients with brain metastases
Variable | Point estimate | 95% Wald confidence limits | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (age > 64 years vs. <=64 years) | 2.019 | 0.845–4.824 | 0.1140 |
Sex (female vs. male) | 0.820 | 0.335–2.009 | 0.6644 |
Tumor type (NSCLC as reference) | Â | Â | 0.7543 |
 SCLC | 1.916 | 0.638–5.749 |  |
 Breast | 1.427 | 0.327–6.219 |  |
 Melanoma/renal/colorectal | 1.348 | 0.341–5.337 |  |
 Maximal diameter (> = 1.9 cm vs. <=1.8 cm) | 2.146 | 0.899–5.125 | 0.0854 |
 Number of brain metastases (> 10 vs. 1–3) | 6.668 | 2.643–16.827 | 0.0002 |