Table 3 Summary of multivariable analyses of prognostic factors.

From: Assessment of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy plus Induction Chemotherapy in Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Cisplatin, Fluorouracil, and Docetaxel versus Gemcitabine and Cisplatin

Ā 

HR (95% CI)

p value

Overall survival

Ā treament group

1.422 (0.506–4.001)

0.504

Ā Gender

4.017 (0.508–31.779)

0.188

Ā Age (<50 vs >50)

2.083 (0.808–5.369)

0.129

Ā T3 vs T1–2

1.343 (0.385–4.680)

0.643

Ā T4 vs T1–2

0.688 (0.135–3.520)

0.654

Ā N1 vs N3

0.368 (0.052–2.590)

0.316

Ā N2 vs N3

0.337 (0.070–1.624)

0.175

Ā grade

1.454 (0.248–8.528)

0.678

Ā Rash

2.916 (1.388–6.125)

0.005

Progression-free survival

Ā treament group

1.248 (0.526–2.963)

0.615

Ā Gender

1.189 (0.385–3.668)

0.764

Ā Age (<50 vs >50)

1.601 (0.727–3.526)

0.243

Ā T3 vs T1–2

0.694 (0.220–2.196)

0.535

Ā T4 vs T1–2

1.406 (0.333–5.930)

0.643

Ā N1 vs N3

0.301 (0.064–1.423)

0.130

Ā N2 vs N3

0.258 (0.069–0.962)

0.044

Ā grade

2.047 (0.396–10.595)

0.393

Ā Rash

2.526 (1.407–4.537)

0.002

Local recurrence-free survival

Ā treament group

0.326 (0.075–1.418)

0.135

Ā Gender

0.591 (0.105–3.319)

0.550

Ā Age (<50 vs >50)

1.075 (0.249–4.642)

0.923

Ā T3 vs T1–2

1.806 (0.277–11.780)

0.537

Ā T4 vs T1–2

0.562 (0.048–6.518)

0.645

Ā N1 vs N3

1.975 (0.148–26.302)

0.606

Ā N2 vs N3

0.582 (0.070–4.848)

0.617

Ā grade

0.491 (0.047–5.086)

0.551

Ā Rash

3.641 (1.365–9.714)

0.010

Distant metastasis free survival

Ā treament group

2.248 (0.735–6.875)

0.156

Ā Gender

1.487 (0.315–7.012)

0.616

Ā Age (<50 vs >50)

1.836 (0.710–4.752)

0.210

Ā T3 vs T1–2

0.343 (0.067–1.757)

0.199

Ā T4 vs T1–2

2.204 (0.366–13.258)

0.388

Ā N1 vs N3

0.119 (0.015–0.934)

0.043

Ā N2 vs N3

0.175 (0.033–0.928)

0.041

Ā grade

4.530 (0.505–40.667)

0.177

Ā Rash

2.307 (1.141–4.664)

0.020

  1. HR = hazard ratio.