Table 3 Crude Cox regression analysis of survival from the beginning of best supportive care.

Anticancer therapy (none vs. used)

1.27–2.37

Performance status (0 → 4)

1.44–1.93

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (absent vs. present)

2.01–6.96

Age (low → high)

0.95–0.98

White blood cell (×10³) (low → high)

1.01–1.04

Lactate dehydrogenase (×10³) (low → high)

1.00–1.02

Dementia (absent vs. present)

0.40–1.08

Alanine transaminase (low → high)

0.999–1.003

Brain metastasis (absent vs. present)

0.72–1.36

Blood urea nitrogen (low → high)

0.99–1.01

Stage (1 → 4)

NI

Hemoglobin (low → high)

NI

Albumin (low → high)

NI

C-reactive protein (low → high)

NI

Patient’s wish about best supportive care (absent vs. present)

NI

Doctor’s decision about best supportive care (absent vs. present)

NI

Transfer to hospice or home (absent vs. present)

NI

Liver dysfunction (absent vs. present)

NI