Table 2 Univariate and multiple Cox regression results for the association of baseline markers with overall survival.

From: Clinical and biological markers predictive of treatment response associated with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Variable

Univariate

Multivariate

HR (95% CI)

P

HR (95% CI)

P

HR (95% CI)

P

HR (95% CI)

P

Liver metastases present (ref no)

  Yes

1.78 (1.09, 2.92)

0.022

2.08 (1.22, 3.54)

0.007

1.98 (1.17, 3.35)

0.011

2.00 (1.17, 3.42)

0.011

ECOG performance status (ref 0)

  1

1.66 (1.15, 2.40)

0.007

1.64 (1.10, 2.46)

0.016

1.67 (1.12, 2.48)

0.011

1.72 (1.14, 2.58)

0.009

  2

4.15 (1.60, 10.74)

0.003

1.71 (0.55, 5.28)

0.352

1.74 (0.57, 5.36)

0.332

1.83 (0.59, 5.65)

0.294

Albumin (ref ≥ 35 g/L)

  <35 g/L

2.23 (1.45, 3.44)

<0.001

2.32 (0.89, 6.09)

0.087

2.32 (0.88, 6.09)

0.087

2.26 (0.86, 5.91)

0.097

C-reactive protein (ref ≤ 10 mg/l)

  >10 mg/l

1.62 (1.13, 2.32)

0.009

0.87 (0.31, 2.44)

0.799

0.91 (0.33, 2.54)

0.861

0.90 (0.32, 2.52)

0.844

mGPS (ref 0)

  1

1.37 (0.92, 2.06)

0.123

1.39 (0.47, 4.14)

0.555

1.33 (0.45, 3.97)

0.605

1.36 (0.45, 4.05)

0.584

  2

2.46 (1.49, 4.06)

<0.001

 

 

 

Neutrophils (ref ≤ 1*ULN)

  >1*ULN

2.06 (1.36, 3.10)

<0.001

1.40 (0.87, 2.25)

0.168

1.39 (0.86, 2.23)

0.177

1.39 (0.86, 2.24)

0.174

CA19-9 (1000) (ref ≤ 1000 U/ml)

  >1000 U/ml

1.18 (0.80, 1.75)

0.401

    

1.02 (0.67, 1.56)

0.934

CA19-9 (200) (ref ≤ 200 U/ml)

  >200 U/ml

1.30 (0.81, 2.09)

0.271

  

1.23 (0.75, 2.01)

0.408

  

CA19-9 (37) (ref ≤ 37 U/ml)

  >37 U/ml

1.37 (0.79, 2.38)

0.257

1.29 (0.72, 2.30)

0.397

    

mutKRAS ctDNA (ref not detected)

  Detected

5.26 (1.63, 17.04)

0.006

      
  1. HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval.
  2. All models were adjusted for the treatment arm; mutKRAS ctDNA was not included in the multivariate model due to the small sample size.