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Table 3 Uni- and multivariate Cox regression analyses for the development of PTBE in patients with intracranial meningioma after LINAC-based radiation treatment based on various predictors

From: Effect of osteoporotic conditions on the development of peritumoral brain edema after LINAC-based radiation treatment in patients with intracranial meningioma

  Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
Variable HR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI) p
Sex     
 Male Reference   Reference  
 Female 1.08 (0.30–3.88) 0.905 0.64 (0.15–2.71) 0.543
Age (per 1 year increase) 1.07 (1.02–1.13) 0.005 1.08 (1.01–1.15) 0.032
BMI (per 1 BMI increase) 0.97 (0.82–1.14) 0.722 1.09 (0.88–1.35) 0.419
Classification of mean skull HU     
 Hypothetical normal Reference   Reference  
 Hypothetical osteopenia 1.67 (0.17–16.13) 0.657 3.22 (0.23–45.58) 0.387
 Hypothetical osteoporosis 5.45 (1.48–20.03) 0.011 5.20 (1.11–24.46) 0.037
Location 0.70 (0.49–1.00) 0.050 0.70 (0.46–1.06) 0.094
GTV (per 1 cc increase) 1.08 (1.02–1.15) 0.010 1.12 (1.04–1.21) 0.004
BED (α/β = 3) (per 1 Gy increase) 1.01 (0.98–1.03) 0.665 1.02 (0.97–1.06) 0.484
Fractionation (per 1 fraction increase) 0.94 (0.85–1.03) 0.179 0.90 (0.71–1.16) 0.415
Hypertension     
 No Reference   Reference  
 Yes 1.13 (0.41–3.15) 0.815 0.66 (0.17–2.61) 0.554
Diabetes     
 No Reference   Reference  
 Yes 1.05 (0.29–3.79) 0.937 0.42 (0.09–2.03) 0.278
  1. PTBE, peritumoral brain edema; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; HU, Hounsfield unit; GTV, gross tumor volume; BED, biologically equivalent dose; Gy, gray