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Table 3 Logistic regression analysis for incidence of metastases within 5 mm of the pituitary gland

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)

0.858

0.224–3.280

0.8238

Sex (female vs male)

1.722

0.380–7.794

0.4805

Tumor type (NSCLC as reference)

  

0.8121

 SCLC

0.585

0.066–5.184

 

 Breast

1.118

0.189–6.614

 

 Melanoma/renal/colorectal

0.389

0.044–3.417

 

 Maximal diameter (> = 1.9 cm vs. <=1.8 cm)

2.108

0.518–8.576

0.2976

 Number of brain metastases (> 10 vs 1–3)

2.410

0.427–13.601

0.4892