Table 4 Univariate and multivariate Cox’s regression analysis for OS.

From: Prognostic value of sarcopenia in patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases after drug-eluting beads transcatheter arterial chemoembolization: a single center retrospective study

Variables

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

HR (95%CI)

p value

HR (95%CI)

p value

Gender (male/female)

1.029 (0.799–1.325)

0.826

Age

1.003 (0.981–1.025)

0.809

Height

0.526 (0.019–14.49)

0.704

  

ECOG performance (1/0)

1.529 (0.907–2.579)

0.098

1.525 (0.89–2.613)

0.125

Primary site

  

 Rectum

Ref

Ref

  

 Left colon

1.399 (0.796–2.458)

0.243

  

 Right colon

1.907 (0.962–3.782)

0.065

  

Synchronous metastatic (yes/no)

1.955 (1.132–3.377)

0.016

1.438 (0.809–2.557)

0.216

Location of liver metastases (bilobar/unilobar)

1.629 (0.771–3.445)

0.201

Extrahepatic metastases (yes/no)

2.339 (1.363–4.015)

0.002

2.204 (1.266–3.838)

0.005

Largest lesion

1.055 (0.956–1.164)

0.29

  

NLR (≤ 5/> 5)

2.067 (1.191–3.585)

0.01

2.103 (1.162–3.805)

0.014

Sarcopenia (yes/no)

2.509 (1.474–4.27)

< 0.001

2.609 (1.488–4.575)

< 0.001

  1. HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval; ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; NLR: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.