Table 3 Multivariate analysis of factors associated with serum PlGF and EGF levels.

From: Serum PlGF and EGF are independent prognostic markers in non-metastatic colorectal cancer

 

Training cohort

Validation cohort

PlGF

EGF

PlGF

EGF

OR (95%CI)

p

OR (95%CI)

p

OR (95%CI)

p

OR (95%CI)

p

Sex

0.736 (0.397–1.365)

0.331

0.962 (0.480–1.929)

0.906

0.585 (0.297–1.152)

0.121

0.970 (0.503–1.871)

0.948

Age ≤70 [years]

1.699 (0.898–3.214)

0.103

0.571 (0.287–1.138)

0.142

0.425 (0.215–0.840)

0.014

0.899 (0.463–1.745)

0.808

BMI ≤ 25 [kg/cm2]

1.041 (0.557–1.946)

0.901

0.903 (0.458–1.782)

0.769

0.439 (0.226–0.852)

0.015

0.953 (0.879–1.032)

0.234

Site of disease

0.633 (0.329–1.336)

0.250

1.060 (0.541–2.075)

0.771

0.799 (0.369–1.731)

0.570

0.670 (0.318–1.412)

0.292

Neoadjuvant therapy

0.457 (0.222–0.940)

0.033

0.921 (0.365–2.322)

0.861

0.320 (0.152–0.674)

0.003

0.456 (0.226 − 0.922)

0.029

UICC I/II vs III

0.876 (0.462–1.626)

0.656

1.668 (0.843–3.330)

0.142

0.937 (0.470–1.870)

0.880

0.844 (0.435–1.636)

0.597

  1. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; UICC, Union Internationale Contre le Cancer; PlGF, Phosphatidylinositol-glycan biosynthesis class F protein/Placental growth factor; EGF, epidermal growth factor.