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Table 3 Univariate analysis of the associations between the clinicopathological characteristics of the patients and their prognostic variables and DFS

From: Prognostic impact of the prognostic nutritional index in cases of resected oral squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective study

Variables

Group

n

Survival rate

P value

HR

95% CI

Age

< 66

51

0.622

0.233

  
 

66 ≧

51

0.515

 

1.37

0.55–3.38

Sex

Male

73

0.575

0.678

  
 

Female

29

0.569

 

2.16

0.66–7.03

Smoking status

Smoker

60

0.569

0.951

  
 

Never-smoker

42

0.575

 

0.6

0.19–1.87

Alcohol

Nondrinker

43

0.599

0.84

  
 

Drinker

59

0.548

 

1.12

0.34–3.74

BMI

22.4 <

52

0.54

0.454

  
 

22.4 ≧

50

0.596

 

0.44

0.18–1.11

T

≦2

83

0.573

0.674

  
 

3 ≧

19

0.545

 

0.23

0.07–0.71

N

≦ 2

75

0.563

0.6

  
 

3 ≧

27

0.572

 

0.08

0.02–0.32

Stage

≦ 2

62

0.669

0.0421

  
 

3 ≧

40

0.449

 

4.46

1.34–14.81

Grade

Well/moderately

93

0.577

0.0665

  
 

Poorly

9

0.444

 

1.15

0.25–5.21

Lymphovascular invasion

No

70

0.644

0.00152

  
 

Yes

32

0.389

 

1.04

0.39–2.80

Vascular invasion

No

97

0.585

0.267

  
 

Yes

5

0.4

 

0.86

0.22–3.34

Perineural invasion

No

92

0.565

0.554

  
 

Yes

10

0.6

 

0.88

0.18–4.33

Neutrophils

 < 59.6

51

0.664

0.0897

  
 

≧ 59.6

51

0.477

 

1.28

0.56–2.90

Total lymphocytes

< 1730

51

0.508

0.33

  
 

≧ 1730

51

0.651

 

0.67

0.28–1.58

Alb

< 4

55

0.478

0.0451

  
 

≧ 4

47

0.676

 

0.32

0.10–0.99

CRP

< 0.2

59

0.657

0.00721

  
 

≧ 0.2

43

0.438

 

1.53

0.66–3.55

PNI

< 42.93

38

0.378

0.00631

  
 

≧ 42.93

64

0.67

 

0.61

0.23–1.61

Postoperative treatment

No

76

0.655

0.000221

  
 

Yes

26

0.337

 

3.59

1.29–10.00

Close margin (< 5 mm by histopathology)

No

95

0.582

0.0901

  
 

Yes

7

0.429

 

10.97

2.77–43.43

  1. BMI body mass index, CRP C-reactive protein, PNI prognostic nutritional index, DFS disease-free survival