Palliative radiotherapy of bone metastases in octogenarians: How do the oldest olds respond? Results from a tertiary cancer center with 288 treated patients

Table 3 Logistic regression in order to identify potential parameters associated with pain response at first follow-up consultation

Univariate analysis	OR	95% CI	p value
Age (continuous)	1.053	0.770–1.439	0.747
ECOG (continuous)	0.327	0.099–1.079	0.066
Gender (reference: female)	2.297	0.314–16.802	0.413
Systemic treatment (reference: systemic treatment)	2.652	0.565–12.445	0.216
Orthopedic corset (reference: orthopedic corset)	5.253	0.552–49.982	0.149
Bisphosphonates (reference: bisphosphonates)	0.084	0.011–0.619	0.015
Denosumab (reference: denosumab)	0.669	0.057–7.860	0.749
Primary cancer (reference: genitourinary)	2.524	0.354–18.002	0.356
Primary cancer (reference: breast)	1.509	0.137–16.577	0.737
SINS (continuous)	1.228	0.916–1.647	0.169
Mizumoto score (continuous)	1.057	0.678–1.649	0.805

ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, SINS Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score
Odds Ratios (ORs) with the 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) and the corresponding p values are shown

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