Table 2 Univariate and multivariate analysis of prognostic factors of cancer-specific survival using Cox regression model.

From: Time to castration resistance is a novel prognostic factor of cancer-specific survival in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

Factors

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P value

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P value

Age at prostate cancer diagnosis, years (≥ 70 vs. < 70)

0.673 (0.273–1.658)

0.3896

  

PSA at prostate diagnosis, ng/mL (< 100 vs. ≥ 100)

2.364 (0.695–8.045)

0.1684

  

Clinical stage (T3-4 vs. T1-2)

0.766 (0.315–1.860)

0.5556

  

TTCRPC, month (≥ 8 vs. < 8)

1.266 (0.509–3.148)

0.6118

  

TTCRPC, month (≥ 9 vs. < 9)

1.532 (0.648–3.621)

0.3312

Local therapy (yes or no)

1.467 (0.604–3.566)

0.5381

  

(Radical prostatectomy vs. radiation)

2.144 (0.679–6.767)

0.1936

Nadir PSA, ng/ml (≥ 0.2 vs. < 0.2)

1.236 (0.510–2.995)

0.6382

  

PSA reduction rate, % (< 99.5 vs. ≥ 99.5)

1.636 (0.631–4.241)

0.3107

  

TnPSA, months (≤ 12 vs. > 12)

1.768 (0.744–4.204)

0.1969

  

Age at CRPC diagnosis, years (≥ 75 vs. < 75)

0.689 (0.289–1.644)

0.4014

  

TTCRPC, month (≤ 24 vs. > 24)

2.292 (0.949–5.538)

0.0652

  

TTCRPC, month (≤ 12 vs. > 12)

5.692 (1.972–16.42)

0.0013*

3.714 (1.233–11.19)

0.0197*

PSA at CRPC diagnosis, ng/mL (≥ 10 vs. < 10)

0.755 (0.101–5.658)

0.7845

  

PSADT, month (≤ 3 vs. > 3)

3.738 (1.496–9.339)

0.0048*

3.005 (1.157–7.809)

0.0239*

Treatment groupa

    

DOC vs. ARAT

2.323 (0.800–6.757)

0.1212

  

Other therapiesb alone vs. DOC/ARAT

0.708 (0.259–1.937)

0.5017

  
  1. CI confidence interval, PSA prostate-specific antigen, TnPSA time to nadir PSA from ADT initiation, CRPC castration-resistant prostate cancer, TTCRPC time to CRPC diagnosis from ADT initiation, ADT androgen deprivation therapy, PSADT PSA doubling time, DOC docetaxel, ARAT androgen receptor-axis targeted therapies.
  2. *Statistically significant.
  3. aAll patients were treated by medical/surgical castration bOther therapies include flutamide, estramustine, and low-dose dexamethasone.