Table 3 Uni- and multivariate analyses for the presence of BRAF mutation in the population of RAS-wt patients

From: Clinico-pathological nomogram for predicting BRAF mutational status of metastatic colorectal cancer

 

TS ( N =281)

VS ( N =262)

 

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

 

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Gender

F vs M

2.78 (1.51–5.11)

0.001

2.90 (1.14–7.37)

0.025

2.31 (1.23–4.33)

0.009

1.92 (0.92–3.97)

0.08

Age (cut-off: 65 years)

65 vs <65

1.03 (1.00–1.06)

0.030

0.11

1.42 (0.76–2.68)

0.27

ECOG-PS

2 vs <2

2.09 (1.02–4.28)

0.044

0.87

1.30 (0.54–3.12)

0.55

Synchronous metastases

yes vs no

1.17 (0.63–2.19)

0.606

1.34 (0.72–2.50)

0.35

-

Primary site

right vs left

7.12 (3.74–13.56)

0.0001

7.80 (3.05–19.92)

<0.0001

11.14 (5.50–22.56)

<0.0001

8.68 (4.18–18.02)

<0.0001

Primary resected

no vs yes

1.43 (0.68–3.02)

0.339

1.29 (0.78–2.86)

0.229

-

Mucinous histology

yes vs no

4.69 (2.33–9.46)

0.0001

4.95 (1.90–12.90)

<0.0001

4.61 (2.34–9.07)

<0.0001

3.23 (1.49–7.02)

0.003

Number of metastatic site

>1 vs 1

1.21 (0.68–2.14)

0.506

1.92 (1.03–3.60)

0.04

0.34

Peritoneal metastases

yes vs no

2.19 (1.15–4.19)

0.017

0.17

2.53 (1.27–5.02)

0.01

0.15

Lung metastases

yes vs no

1.22 (0.59–2.51)

0.586

1.12 (0.65–1.91)

0.69

Distant lymp-node metastases

yes vs no

2.02 (1.05–3.88)

0.009

0.64

3.30 (1.72–6.33)

<0.0001

0.19

Tumour grading

3–4 vs 1–2

4.54 (2.18–9.48)

0.0001

0.46

1.63 (0.85–3.13)

0.14

  1. Abbreviations: CI=confidence intervals; N=number; OR=odds ratio; PS=performance status; TS=training set; VS=validation set; wt=wild type.