Table 3 Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis of OS.

From: Lymphopenia associated with whole-brain radiotherapy and its effects on clinical outcomes of patients with brain metastases

 

Overall survival

HR

95% CI

p

Univariate analysis

 Sex (VS. female)

0.739

0.376–1.453

0.381

 Age (VS. ≥ 60 y)

1.792

0.968–3.318

0.063

 History of extracranial RT (VS. none)

1.476

0.794–2.743

0.218

 Pulmonary tumor (VS. extrapulmonary tumor)

0.687

0.349–1.35

0.276

 Chemotherapy (VS. none)

0.762

0.427–1.36

0.358

 Steroid use (VS. none)

1.429

0.779–2.619

0.248

 Metastases lesion ≤ 4 (VS. > 4)

0.297

0.164–0.54

0.000

 Pre-RT ALC

0.397

0.198–0.798

0.009

 ALC at 1 month post-RT

0.417

0.193–0.901

0.026

 ALC at 2 months post-RT

0.342

0.128–0.908

0.031

 G3-4 lymphopenia (VS. G0-2) at 1 month post-RT

0.408

0.21–0.79

0.008

 WBRT (VS. focal RT)

1.686

0.941–3.019

0.079

Multivariate analysis

 Metastases lesion ≤ 4 (VS. > 4)

0.216

0.095–0.493

0.000

 G3-4 lymphopenia (VS. G0-2) at 1 month post-RT

0.187

0.054–0.642

0.008

 ALC at 2 months post-RT

0.049

0.009–0.263

0.000

  1. HR, hazards ratio; G0-2 lymphopenia, Absolute lymphocyte count < 1000 cells/µL. G3-4 lymphopenia, Absolute lymphocyte count < 500 cells/µL.
  2. Significant values are in bold.