Table 2 Relationship between variables and cancer-specific survival following curative resection for colorectal cancer of 432 patients

From: The relationship between patient physiology and cancer-specific survival following curative resection of colorectal cancer

 

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Variable

Hazard ratio (95%CI)

P -value

Hazard ratio (95%CI)

P -value

Age (<65/65–74/>75 years)

1.71 (0.87–3.37)

0.12

Gender (male/female)

1.11 (0.68–1.82)

0.69

NCEPOD classification (elective/emergency/urgent/scheduled)

0.03 (1.29–7.09)

0.011

1.24 (0.69–2.24)

0.466

Physiology Score (11–14/15–20/21–30/>30)

7.38 (2.70–20.19)

0.0005

8.64 (3.00–24.92)

0.0005

Dukes stage (Dukes A/B/C)

14.68 (4.56–47.26)

0.0005

15.02 (4.65–48.48)

0.0005

Tumour differentiation (well/moderate/poor)

3.65 (1.43–9.32)

0.007

1.52 (0.57–4.08)

0.40

Tumour site (colon/rectum)

0.85 (0.36–2.01)

0.71

All adjuvant therapies (yes/no)

1.96 (1.17–3.27)

0.01

0.93 (0.50–1.74)

0.83

Smoking history (yes/no)

0.98 (0.60–1.61)

0.94

Postoperative complications (yes/no)

1.61 (0.96–2.68)

0.07

 
  1. CI=confidence interval; NCEPOD=National Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths.
  2. Bold values signify P<0.05.