Table 5 Relationships between clinico-pathological factors and survival, in patients selected for potentially curative resection for oesophageal adenocarcinoma without neo-adjuvant therapy (n=53)

From: The relationship between tumour necrosis, tumour proliferation, local and systemic inflammation, microvessel density and survival in patients undergoing potentially curative resection of oesophageal adenocarcinoma

 

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

 

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P -value

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P -value

Patient-related factors

 Age (<65/65 –74/75 years)

2.07 (1.13–3.77)

0.018

2.62 (1.27–5.39)

0.009

 Sex (male/female)

0.77 (0.27–2.21)

0.625

  

 mGPS (0/1/2)

4.14 (1.80–9.51)

0.001

12.71 (4.15–38.94)

<0.001

Tumour-related factors

 TNM stage (I/II/III)

2.46 (1.34–4.49)

0.004

 

0.246

 Tumour differentiation (well-mod/poor)

2.35 (1.13–4.92)

0.023

 

0.552

 Resection margin (R0/R1)

2.13 (1.02–4.49)

0.046

 

0.607

 Positive to total lymph node ratio (0/0.2/>0.2)

2.45 (1.55–3.89)

<0.001

3.18 (1.77–5.72)

<0.001

 Adjuvant therapy (no/yes)

2.45 (0.83–7.22)

0.105

  

Klintrup–Makinen score (low/high grade)

0.28 (0.08–0.92)

0.036

 

0.055

Necrosis score (low/high grade)

1.29 (0.61–2.70)

0.505

  

CD8 tertiles

0.68 (0.43–1.10)

0.117

  

CD68 tertiles

1.49 (0.97–2.28)

0.066

1.88 (1.12–3.15)

0.017

Ki67 tertiles

1.35 (0.78–2.35)

0.289

  

CD34 tertiles

0.73 (0.45–1.20)

0.214

  
  1. Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; LNR=lymph node ratio; mGPS=modified Glasgow Prognostic score; TNM=tumour node metastasis.